Indian captain Shubman Gill has slipped three places to ninth after a disappointing performance against England at Lord’s.
Joe Root Overtakes Harry Brook to Regain No 1 Spot in ICC Test Batting Rankings. Joe Root has taken the number one spot in the ICC men’s Test batting rankings after his scores of 104 and 40 in the third Test against India at Lord’s, helping England to a thrilling 22-run victory.
Pakistan batsmen Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub also made significant gains in the rankings.
Root, who has 888 rating points, has overtaken teammate Harry Brook to take the top spot in the rankings.
Harry Brook has moved up to third place while New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is now second.
Australia’s Steve Smith has moved up one place to fourth in the rankings after his brilliant innings of 48 in the third Test against the West Indies in Jamaica.
Meanwhile, Cameron Green has climbed 16 places to 29th in the rankings after scores of 46 and 42 in a low-scoring match against the Windies.
Among the Indians in the top 10, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant have dropped one place each to fifth and eighth in the Test batsmen’s list, respectively.
Indian captain Shubman Gill has slipped three places to ninth after a disappointing performance against England at Lord’s.
Saud Shakeel has moved up one place to 12th in the Test batting rankings, now with 739 rating points.
Meanwhile, Saim Ayub has moved up to joint 83rd with South Africa’s Marco Johnson, both with 352 points. Aamir Jamal is also in the same position.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have maintained their respective positions of 21st and 23rd, while all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has slipped three places to 37th.
Test captain Shan Masood is at 48th place, Abdullah Shafiq has moved up one place to 51st with 520 points. Middle-order batsman Kamran Ghulam is at 76th place.
Spinner Noman Ali remains at fifth place in the Test bowling rankings with 806 points. However, Sajid Khan has dropped one place to 20th place while Shaheen Afridi has moved up to 21st place.
Mohammad Abbas remains at 27th, Naseem Shah at 35th and Abrar Ahmed at 50th place.
Fast bowler Khurram Shahzad is at 64th place while Aamir Jamal has dropped one place to 72nd place. Mir Hamza is at 93rd, Agha Salman at 95th and Zahid Mahmood at 97th.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah remains at the top of the Test bowling rankings, followed by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada in second and Australia’s Pat Cummins in third.
In the ICC Test all-rounders rankings, Nouman Ali has dropped two places to 22nd, Sajid Khan has dropped one place to 31st and Agha Salman has moved up to 33rd.
Amir Jamal has dropped two places to 42nd, while Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah are at 55th and 75th respectively. Mohammad Abbas is at 80th position.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja has retained his top spot in the Test all-rounders rankings, with Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz in second and South Africa’s Wien Mulder in third.
Australian pacer Scott Boland has moved up six places to sixth after taking a hat-trick in the pink-ball Test against the West Indies in Jamaica.
Mitchell Starc finished 10th despite taking seven wickets in Jamaica, which also included a record-breaking Pfeiffer.
Boland’s rise means Australia now has five players in the top 10 list of the world’s best Test bowlers, with captain Pat Cummins (third), Josh Hazlewood (fifth) and Nathan Lyon (eighth).
West Indies pacers Shamer Joseph (14th), Justin Graves (65th) and Alzarri Joseph (29th) also making significant gains in the bowlers’ rankings.
