Congratulations...good achievement. Home advantage is becoming so relevant these days for all countries.

Congrats !Team India .... One honest request : Play the same level of game and avoid playing lip service for it is surely going to inspire audience and young players all over the world.

This is probably best cricket team at this time and with back to back matches in India it will remain number 1 for a foreseeable future

Congratulations India the No. 1.

Congratulations for Indian cricket fan India 10 win in test match

A heart congratulations to Virat and the Indian team, however clearly they are not being tested.

Team india is on a high with an aggressive leader. Would be fun to see how they perform out as travellers

Hurrey!! Now this ranking gonna stay for sometime with India considering they are scheduled to play 11 HOME matches in this Calendar year. Also, Pak vs WI series result will suerly not impact the top standing in Tests.

Congrats Team India.

@Harmony-1© This applies to all countries. Australians are unbeatable at home but look at their ongoing performance in SA -- they are reeling. Only few rare cases where visiting team thumped the hosts - Pak vs Eng is the recent example.

Congrats india

Indian cricket is thriving because of its batting,bowling fielding and KOHLI. Keep going.

everytime there was some crisis, someone lifts his hands up and rescues.. that is the speciality of this team i guess.!!

@VPS Harmony-1© It was actually 4-1 = England won ODI, Test was 2-2 draw. with 444 in account. So..

@Harmony-1© Indeed. Just look how Pakistan is winning against WI in "home" series in UAE. Moreover teams like Australia /NZ win against India in their home grounds but loose to India in India. However India beat Sri Lanka and WI in their home.

India always good in their own playing field. They need to beat teams on away tours in Australia. SA and England and Pakistan.

@Adnan we at least won one day series in England Pakistan should have also tried to win either test or one day series in England but pakistan did well to save test series defeat

Well done team India No.1 Test Team. Keep going and make us proud of our team and nation. Especially to mention todays Pujara century and ashwin 7 wickets was lovely.

@Indian We won t20 series against England in England and also if we whitewash west indies in UAE but for your kind information UAE is not our home ground.

@Harmony-1© At least we got the mace because we beat somebody and not because a third team's match got washed off and that team actually lost two points on account of that...

Playing in UAE is as good as playing in home for Pakistan.

@Adnan It must be said that Pakistan wins are much more commendable cause they are still not playing cricket in their real home grounds and are winning convincingly.

UAE is a rank turner from day 4 and a flat pitch for 1st 3 days. No different from any subcontinent pitches.

Kohli did not have to depend on a Pakistan match to be washed off to lift the maze like Misbah did. it was puerly on the basis of consistent performance. so this Maze will stay with India for much longer time than it stayed with Pakistan. If the west indies match was not washed away Kohli should have lifted this Maze much earlier.

@kumar Whose fault is it that Pakistan cannot conduct matches in their home even when small teams like west indies and Bangladesh are able to do that. Pakistan has them self to blame at for this status. Also matches conducted in UAE and England are considered home matches for Pakistan. so no excuses. Also India did not have to depend on result of other nations matches to lift the maze. No country has been able to perform like champs in India other than Ricky pontings Aussies team. Even Steve Waugh tasted defeat in India just like India sometimes perform well abroad and sometimes does not. So the excuse that India wins at home only is also not cash able. Before India won the 2011 world cup no team has won a world cup on its home soil. So winning consistently at home is also not an easy task.

@Adnan if someone achieves something, please try to enjoy and appreciate it, see you criticised someone's achievements and now hate is developing.!!

@CALCUTTA MAN - I detect some bitterness why Pakistan had the mace. What result would have been for the washed out match is also a matter of conjecture...and no fault of Pakistan!

@Harmony-1© Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as so abrupt... peevish... but once the "enter" was pressed, I couldn't go back and edit. But yes, I admit there was some bitterness in my comment... You see, all along I felt tat in all the celebrations in Pakistan after getting the No 1 ranking, a sense of perspective was lost. Yes, you have played outside Pakistan for seven years, yes, there was the spot-fixing scar to tide over, and yes, the team pushed back its ODI/T20 nightmares behind to beat England in England twice. The effort was heroic, no doubt about that. But you see, that heroism had already taken you to No 2. For the final push to No 1, a good old-fashioned win was most desirable. But when that did not happen -- and you became No 1 by default --- it was best if Pak fans avoided hurling barbs against a team that couldn't play because of rains and lost valuable points (and rank). I guess I was reacting to THOSE barbs. You had nothing to do with it, I assure you...

Loved it, what an amazing game, the Champions have shown the world that no one can take their crown away.

what achievement, afraid to play no 1 pakistan test side.

@CALCUTTA MAN - Nicely explained...thanks :)

Congrats India. But India did back off from a full series to be conducted in UAE with Pakistan. Even diplomatically things were going okay between the countries then. If they would have agreed then it would have settled the debate. For now, India is the #1 team who is afraid to play with #2 team. Good scheduling by BCCI as well.

@Adnan Same is true about England, Australia, NZ who win in their home fields but lose badly in unfamiliar grounds.

Congratulations to the Indian Cricket Team on their clean sweep against New Zealand. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, and the West Indies has not learned a lesson from their continuous defeats in India. Unless and until all these countries change their strategy by preparing pitches on their respective home gtounds exactly similar to what they found in India, there is no way they can even think about defeating Team India on their home ground.

Good to see a deserving team at number 1 by winning a test series.

@Adnan t20 is a lottery pakistan didn't even reach finals of t20 asia cup does that mean pakistan is worst than Bangladesh cricket team the answer is no .. t20 is not a format where one can really Judge a team. Conditions at UAE are very Similar to that of Subcontinent hardly any difference

congratulations ..well played we all are so proud of you

@pure ind India has won Test series in WI(2006,2011 & 2016),Zimbabwe(2005),SL(2015),Bangladesh(2000-01,2004-05,2007 & 2009-10),England(2007),NZ(2008-09) & Pakistan (2003-04) besides drawing at least 1 Test series in OZ in 2003-04 and SA in 2010-11.Pakistan has only won away Test series in SL(2000,2006& 2015),NZ(2003-04 & 2010-11) and Bangladesh(2001-02 & 2011-12).

@Adnan India has won Test series in WI(2006,2011 & 2016),Zimbabwe(2005),SL(2015),Bangladesh(2000-01,2004-05,2007 & 2009-10),England(2007),NZ(2008-09) & Pakistan (2003-04) besides drawing at least 1 Test series in OZ in 2003-04 and SA in 2010-11.Pakistan has only won away Test series in SL(2000,2006& 2015),NZ(2003-04 & 2010-11) and Bangladesh(2001-02 & 2011-12).

@Adnan Check all matches India played against Pakistan in world cups away from home- thats your answer

@VPS pakistan did not win inEngland. It was a draw.

@VPS For your information the only reason for Austrslia's defeats in the ODIs against South Africa is their depleted bowling combination. Do you think that bowlers like Hastings, Worral, and Tremain can fill the gap created due to the absence of Starc, Hazelwood, and Faulkener ? Yes, they lost the series against Sri Lanka recently due to some very fine bowling by Ranganna Herath

Very unprecedented performance by NZ. How can they be whitewashed as they are not Afghanistan or Bangladesh team. I suspect the thing was all fixed to give India the test mace. This was not competitive cricket by NZ and didn't see any energy in their team to save the game.

Does Virat have to carry this mace every time he comes for batting?

@NaveedKhan Te world champions looked too strong in all departments. That made NZ look not competive This NZ team will beat any SC team(except India) anytime. Is Windies that are not competitve and un interested

Congrats to ashwin on his achievement. This is not easy even on tailor made home conditions and a confusing action.

Ashwin has proved that he is the best off spinner India has ever produced and along side the likes of Jim Laker,Grimmet, and Ramadin.His records speak for him.

@VPS A draw was the result and that too against a weak England team that is being oushed around by Bdesh

@Adnan For you kind(est) information; Tests in UAE are counted as home tests for Pakistan in records.

Congrats!!!! Winning outside home conditions is still a big question mark on Indian team

Pakistan is at disadvantage as they do not play at home. No home advantage.

Congratulations India, but -----in my opinion to maintain the dignity of the game pitches shall not be made favorable for the host country.

@Indian so why India got beat by West Indies in world t20 final India was playing in there home conditions tell you one thing sir I'm not saying India is not a good team but Pakistan is not also bad both team have good players but only problem is we don't respect good players.

@Adnan excellent point..!!

@Wajih Hope you remember what happend in West Indies and Srilanka, atleast for a starter.

@Amad yoy say this until world cup match..:-)