Marnus Labuschagne’s mixture of 308 runs within the first Test in opposition to West Indies has taken him previous Joe Root to the highest of Test batting rankings.
Labuschagne was simply two factors behind Root earlier than the ICC launched the most recent rankings. Root, in the meantime, slipped to fourth place behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam. Smith moved to second place because of his double ton in opposition to the West Indies.
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In June, Root toppled Labuschagne after changing into solely the second England batter to attain greater than 10,000 Test runs.
Indian batters Rishabh Pant (fifth) and Rohit Sharma (ninth) retained their positions. However, Kohli moved up a spot to occupy the eleventh place.
The bowlers’ rating is topped by Pat Cummins, whereas Ravindra Jadeja led the all-rounder’s chart.