Some matches are predictable. Had Bangldesh managed to beat India, in the only test the two nations were scheduled to play, the result would have been a major shock. India's comfortable 200-run win is barely news, and has little effect on the world ratings, which are essentially unchanged:
India 186 +3
South Africa 140
Australia 121
New Zealand 55
England 25
Sri Lanka 18
Pakistan 2
West Indies -58
Bangladesh -164 -2
Zimbabwe -325
The official ratings are similarly hardly touched, although notice the non-reciprocality, due to the complex rules that apply when there's a big gap between the ratings of two teams:
India 120 +1
Australia 109
South Africa 107
England 101
New Zealand 98
Pakistan 97
Sri Lanka 92
West Indies 69
Bangladesh 62 -3
Zimbabwe 5
India's rating is now the highest it has ever been under my system, but a bigger challenge awaits them before the month is out: Australia will come to the subcontinent. But given the hard time the antipodean team had in Sri Lanka last year, it will be a real surprise if they manage to take the shine off India's recent impressive run.
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