Virat Kohli dropped out of the top-10 of the ICC Test batting rankings after 2053 days. He had to bear the brunt of his poor performance against England at Edgbaston. At the same time, Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has become the top-5 entry. He has moved up five places to number 5th. Apart from Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma is the second batsman in the top-10 of the Test batting rankings. Rohit Sharma has slipped to number 9 with the loss of one place. On the other hand, former England Test captain Joe Root continues to reign. He remains at the top with 923 rating points.
Virat Kohli was ranked 10th before the Edgbaston Test match, but he lost 3 places in the latest ICC rankings. Now he has slipped to number 13. Virat Kohli could only score 11 and 20 in the match against England. Virat Kohli first broke into the top-10 of the ICC Test batting rankings in November 2016. Virat Kohli became the world’s number one Test batsman for the first time on 21 August 2018.
Rishabh Pant was earlier at number 11. Now he is at number 5 with an advantage of 6 places. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant helped put India in the driving seat by scoring 146 runs in just 111 balls in the first innings of the Test against England. He scored 57 runs in the second innings. Rishabh Pant’s recent form with two centuries and three half-centuries in the last 6 Test innings has earned him his highest position in the Test batting rankings.
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Joe Root remains at the top of the Test batting rankings. He scored a century (142 not out) in the Edgbaston Test. His rating score is 923. The former England captain has reached the list of top 20 highest-rated batsmen in the history of ICC rankings. England’s Jonny Bairstow has also gained in the Test rankings.
Jonny Bairstow has jumped 11 places to number 10. The 32-year-old Jonny Bairstow is in career-best form with 4 centuries in his last three Tests. Bairstow has so far scored 1218 runs at an average of 55.36 with 6 centuries in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23.
England pacer James Anders has also gained a place. He has reached number six in the Test bowling rankings. Australia’s Kyle Jamieson has slipped from 6th to 7th place. West Indies’ Aqeel Hossein has jumped 10 places in the T20 International bowling rankings with economical bowling figures (22/1 and 27/1) against Bangladesh. He broke into the top 10 of the T20 International bowling rankings. The left-arm bowler is now at number 8 along with Sri Lanka’s Mahesh Thekshana.