{"id":29322,"date":"2016-10-11T06:51:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T06:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=29322"},"modified":"2016-10-11T06:51:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T06:51:16","slug":"icc-to-present-test-mace-to-virat-kohli-at-the-end-of-the-indore-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=29322","title":{"rendered":"ICC to present Test mace to Virat Kohli at the end of Indore Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25397\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg\" alt=\"cricket bat ball\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>The International Cricket Council (ICC) will present the ICC Test Championship mace to India captain Virat Kohli at the Holkar Stadium in Indore after the end of the third and final Test against New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">On behalf of the ICC, former India captain and ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar will make the presentation immediately after the awards ceremony for the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">India is assured of the top ranking, but will officially overtake Pakistan at the top of the table only when the rankings are updated at the end of the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">About the mace<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">The mace was produced by the then British Crown Jeweller, Asprey &amp; Garrard, in 2001, which was commissioned to make a distinctive prize designed to stand out from other cricket trophies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">The designers produced a 90cm silver and gold-plated trophy based on a cricket stump as its shank, topped by an orb that represents the cricket world &ndash; both geographically and through the inclusion of the emblems of all 10 ICC Members that have played Test cricket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">The stump and the orb combine to portray the mace, regarded as a symbol of authority and prestige. This is regarded as an appropriate combination given the rich history of Test cricket and its image as the most traditional and purest form of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">The mace sits on a wooden base with a silver-plated plaque in front with room for engravings of the sides to hold it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">The mace was valued at stg&pound;30,000 in 2001 and automatically passes from one team to another as results confirm a change of leadership in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/team-rankings\/test\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/team-rankings\/test&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1476254552086000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFnJIaUno280pk5apbJvBt3eMjqnQ\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"> table.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25397\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg\" alt=\"cricket bat ball\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>The International Cricket Council (ICC) will present the ICC Test Championship mace to India captain Virat Kohli at the Holkar Stadium in Indore after the end of the third and final Test against New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8942122239882778429m_3371252687034406028MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">On behalf of the ICC, former India captain and ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar will make the presentation immediately after the awards ceremony for the series.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[466,830,543,542],"class_list":["post-29322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-international-cricket-council","tag-sunil-gavaskar","tag-virat-kohli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICC to present Test mace to Virat Kohli at the end of Indore Test - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=29322\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICC to present Test mace to Virat Kohli at the end of Indore Test - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The International Cricket Council (ICC) will present the ICC Test Championship mace to India captain Virat Kohli at the Holkar Stadium in Indore after the end of the third and final Test against New Zealand. 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