India jumps four places to second spot in WTC rankings after win in 2nd Test against England
Dubai, Feb 5: India jumped four places to second in the World Test Championships standings after their series-levelling 106-run win over England in the second Test in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Following a remarkable victory, India reclaimed the second position and closed down the gap with table-toppers Australia in the ICC WTC 2023-25 standings.
A rare setback in the opening Test in Hyderabad had previously seen India slip from second to fifth place.
The win in Visakhapatnam pushed India's point percentage to 52.77, as against 55.00 of Australia.
The top half of the table remains highly competitive, with five teams separated by a mere 5% in point percentage.
India were briefly on top after drawing the two-match Test series against South Africa before being overtaken by Australia following their victory over Pakistan.
India were under the pump coming into the second Test and they delivered an outstanding performance to win by 106 runs.
The third Test of the five-match series begins in Rajkot on February.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
