Veteran batsman Virat Kohli jumps two spots to claim 8th rank, while Yashasvi Jaiswal climbs up to 7th spot in the latest updated ICC Test rankings. Meanwhile, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma slid one spot to take sixth spot in the rankings.
Joe Root has kept his place as the top rank holder in the ICC’s Test rankings. He has hold on to his spot firmly after England’s recent win over Sri Lanka in the first Test at Manchester.
What changed as a major fact after the first Test was that English vice-captain Harry Brook climbed three spots to reach the 4th position in the rankings.
Harry Brook, the young Englishman, has now gone past the likes of Australia’s Steve Smith and India’s Rohit Sharma in the rankings.
Other major changes in Test rankings
A major change in the ranking has been observed, as Babar Azam, the Pakistan batter and No. 1 ranked in ODIs, drops an astonishing six places to the 9th spot. This was the outcome of his extremely weak performance in the first home Test against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi.
On the contrary, fellow teammate Mohammad Rizwan saw a major rise in his career rankings after his historic 171* first innings score in the same Test at Rawalpindi. Rizwan, who was earlier placed 17th, moved to the career highest rankings of joint 10th alongside Australia’s Usman Khawaja.
Bangladesh veteran and highest run-getter of the longest format, Mushfiqur Rahim, too, attained his career highest rankings of 17th with his unforgettable 191-run knock at Rawalpindi in Bangladesh’s first inning.
With the next matches of England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s and Pakistan taking on Bangladesh to be held shortly, many of these players will again have their chance to make notable changes to the ICC rankings.
