ICC Test Rankings Update: After England's victory over New Zealand and South Africa's victory over Sri Lanka, there has been a major reshuffle in the ICC Test rankings. England's Joe Root, who is at number-1 in the Test batting rankings with a rating of 895, is now in danger of losing his position. His teammate Harry Brook has come close to snatching the number-1 crown from him. Harry Brook played a century against New Zealand, after which he has jumped 2 places in the ICC rankings. Apart from him, Indian team's young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill have suffered losses. Let's take a look at the latest ICC rankings.
Joe Root's bat remained silent in the first test match played between England and New Zealand. He was out on zero in the first innings, while he scored 23 runs in the second innings. However, on the basis of Harry Brook's innings of 171 runs, England defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets in the first test match. Due to this disappointing performance, Joe Root's position is in danger. Joe Root is at number-1 in the ICC batting rankings with a rating of 895. At the same time, Harry Brook got the benefit of playing a century innings and he jumped 2 places to reach 854 rating. In such a situation, his eyes will be on snatching the number-1 crown from Joe Root.
ICC Test Batting Rankings
| Position | Team | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | Joe Root | 895 |
| 2 | England | Harry Brook | 854 |
| 3 | New Zealand | Kane Williamson | 830 |
| 4 | India | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 825 |
| 5 | New Zealand | Daryl Mitchell | 753 |
| 6 | India | Rishabh Pant | 736 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | Kamindu Mendis | 733 |
| 8 | Australia | Steven Smith | 726 |
| 9 | Pakistan | Saud Shakeel | 724 |
| 10 | South Africa | Temba Bavuma | 715 |
Despite winning the first Test match against Australia, Indian team's opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and star batsman Virat Kohli suffered losses. Yashasvi lost 2 places in the ICC batting rankings and slipped to fourth place. Harry Brook has overtaken Yashasvi to enter the number-2 position, while Virat Kohli has lost 1 place. He is in 14th place with 689 rating. Shubman Gill also lost 1 place and is in 18th place. New Zealand's Kane Williamson is in third place in the ICC Test batting rankings, while Daryl Mitchell is fifth, Rishabh Pant is sixth and Kamindu Mendis has jumped 2 places to reach seventh place.
Latest update of Test Bowling rankings
| Position | Team | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | Jasprit Bumrah | 883 |
| 2 | South Africa | Kagiso Rabada | 865 |
| 3 | Australia | Josh Hazlewood | 860 |
| 4 | India | Ravichandran Ashwin | 807 |
| 5 | Australia | Pat Cummins | 796 |
| 6 | India | Ravindra Jadeja | 794 |
| 7 | Australia | Nathan Lyon | 782 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | Prabath Jayasuriya | 780 |
| 9 | South Africa | Marco Jansen | 774 |
| 10 | New Zealand | Matt Henry | 772 |
Apart from these, Dinesh Chandimal (jumped 2 places to 17th position) and Tristan Stubbs (jumped 29 places to 42nd position) are also included. South Africa's Marco Jansen, who was the Player of the Match in the victory against Sri Lanka, has jumped 19 places to reach the 9th position in the bowlers' ranking. At the same time, in the all-rounders ranking, he has reached the second position with a gain of 10 places.
ICC Test All Rounder Rankings
| Position | Team | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | Ravindra Jadeja | 423 |
| 2 | South Africa | Marco Jansen | 291 |
| 3 | India | Ravichandran Ashwin | 290 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | 269 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | Mehidy Hasan | 269 |
| 6 | West Indies | Jason Holder | 264 |
| 7 | England | Joe Root | 247 |
| 8 | India | Axar Patel | 239 |
| 9 | Australia | Pat Cummins | 224 |
| 10 | England | Chris Woakes | 220 |
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