Home Cricket Rishabh Pant makes spectacular return to ICC Test ranking; Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slump, Jasprit Bumrah challenges Ravichandran Ashwin at the top

Rishabh Pant makes spectacular return to ICC Test ranking; Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slump, Jasprit Bumrah challenges Ravichandran Ashwin at the top

After scoring 39 and 109, Pant has made an impressive return to the rankings, securing six...

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:15 PM

After scoring 39 and 109, Pant has made an impressive return to the rankings, securing sixth position. Gill has reached a career-best 14th position following his unbeaten 119 in the second innings. Additionally, Ashwin's crucial 113 in the first innings has boosted him seven places to 72nd position in the rankings.

Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who partnered in a decisive 199-run first innings partnership to build the base for a 280-run victory, have gained across the ranking lists.

Jadeja’s contribution of 86 in that partnership has helped him move up three places to 37th position in the batting rankings, Ashwin has consolidated his position at the top of the bowling rankings by gaining one rating point after his six-wicket haul in the second innings and Jadeja has moved up one spot to sixth position after finishing with five wickets in the match.

The two have also gained ranking points in the rankings for all-rounders. Jadeja has consolidated his position at the top with a career-best 475 points while Ashwin remains second but has added 48 points to go up to 370.

In other movements for India players, opener Yashaswi Jaiswal is in the top five for the first time after notching a half-century in the first innings and fast bowler Akash Deep is up 10 places to 88th after grabbing two wickets.

Captain Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli dropped five places each. Rohit is currently at the 10th spot while Kohli slipped from 7th spot to No.12.

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hussain Shanto’s scores of 20 and 82 have helped him progress 14 places to 48th position and seam bowler Hasan Mahmud’s five-for in the first innings has lifted him five positions to 44th among bowlers. Shakib Al Hassan (up one place to 43rd among batters) and Taskin Ahmed (up eight places to 66th among bowlers) are other gainers from the team.

In the latest weekly update that also considers performances in the Galle Test in which Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 63 runs, left-arm spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya has reached a career-best-equalling eighth position after a nine-wicket match haul that earned him the Player of the Match award.

Kamindu Mendis is another major gainer for the home side, moving up three places to 16th after his first innings century while Kusal Mendis (up four places to 51st among batters) and Ramesh Mendis (29th among bowlers) are others to gain.

New Zealand’s Tom Latham has gained two places and is in 33rd position after scoring 70 in the first innings while Rachin Ravindra is up 18 places to 42nd after scoring 92 in the second. Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel has progressed from 35th to 25th after taking eight wickets in the match while William O’Rourke has moved from 51st to 41st.

Sri Lanka’s victory over New Zealand has lifted them to third position on percentage points in the ICC World Test Championship table. They are now on 50 per cent in the table led by India with 71.67 and Australia second with 62.50.

Gurbaz first Afghanistan batter in ODI top 10

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has surged 10 slots to eighth position, becoming the first from Afghanistan to reach the top 10 in the ODI batting rankings. His Player of the Series effort of 194 runs against South Africa has taken him to 692 rating points, the equal-highest by an Afghanistan batter along with Ibrahim Zadran.

Azmatullah Omarzai (up 15 places to 35th in batting) and leg-spinner Rashid Khan (up eight places to third in bowling) are the others to gain big for Afghanistan while Temba Bavuma (up four places to 25th in batting) and Lungi Ngidi (up 14 places to 20th in bowling) have gained for South Africa.

In other notable movements, Australia batter Travis Head, who smashed an unbeaten 154 against England in Nottingham, is back in the top 10 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa is in second position.

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