Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has jumped up to the sixth spot on the ICC Test rankings, surpassing former captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday. Fresh from a counter-attacking 99 in the second innings of the opening Test against New Zealand, Pant gained three spots in the rankings while Kohli, who made a fluent 70 in Bengaluru, dropped a place to eighth.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal remains India’s highest-ranked batter at four. India captain Rohit Sharma dropped two places to be joint 15th alongside Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne. England star Joe Root maintains a healthy lead at the top of the charts.
Root’s compatriot Ben Duckett is on the verge of breaking inside the top 10 after he moved up three places to equal 11th on the list for Test batters with a knock of 114 against Pakistan, while Salman gains eight places to move to 14th with a new career-high rating following scores of 31 and 63 from the same match.
New Zealand duo of Rachin Ravindra (up 36 places to 18th) and Devon Conway (up 12 spots to 36th) also made good ground on the latest list for Test batters, while teammate Matt Henry (up two rungs to ninth with a new career-high rating) was the big winner in the bowlers’ category.
Henry picked up eight wickets during the Black Caps’ drought-breaking eight-wicket victory over India in Bengaluru, while teammate Will O’Rourke (up two spots to 39th) was also rewarded for his seven scalps from the same match.
Pakistan spinner Noman Ali was reinstated at 17th on the rankings following his 11 wickets across two innings against England, while teammate Sajid Khan gained 22 places to move to 50th after he was adjudged Player of the Match in the same contest.
India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah remains at the top of the bowlers’ rankings followed by teammate R Ashwin. Retaining the seventh spot, Ravindra Jadeja is another Indian in the top 10.
(With Agency Inputs)
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