The International Cricket Council (ICC) will present the ICC Test Championship Mace to India captain Virat Kohli at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town at the conclusion of the South Africa tour.
On behalf of the ICC, ICC Cricket Hall of Famers Sunil Gavaskar of India and Graeme Pollock of South Africa will make the presentation immediately after the awards ceremony for the T20I series.
With India set to be presented the ICC Test Championship Mace after tonight’s match in Cape Town, take a look back at how the prize has changed hands over the years.https://t.co/2IiTlXGmdE pic.twitter.com/oxdpiTZRKL
— ICC (@ICC) February 24, 2018
India have ensured the number one spot on the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings and a prize of $ 1 million after their victory in the Johannesburg Test against South Africa last month ensured that no team can move ahead of them in the Test rankings at the 3 April cut-off date.