Team India and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remained primary within the newest ICC Test Rankings at the same time as New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson changed Joe Root because the top-ranked batter.
The Indian workforce, which misplaced the World Test Championship last to Australia final month, continues to carry on to its prime spot.
Ashwin additionally held on to his world No 1 spot amongst bowlers. The senior off-spinner has 860 factors and is adopted by Australia skipper Pat Cummins, who has moved two spots to second with 826 factors.
Another Indian who has remained static at primary is Ravindra Jadeja, who leads the all-rounders’ record with 434 factors.
While Ashwin too stays within the second spot, Akshar Patel has dropped to fifth amongst all-rounders.
Rishabh Pant, who has been out of motion since his automotive accident in December final yr, is the top-ranked Indian batter at quantity 10. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli occupy the twelfth and 14th spots respectively.
Shubman Gill is ranked fifth within the ODI rankings whereas Kohli (eighth) and Rohit (tenth) are the opposite two Indian batters within the prime 10.
Mohammed Siraj is the lone Indian within the prime 10 within the bowling chart at quantity two.
Smith surges forward however Williamson tops Test rankings
Former England Test skipper Root has slipped to fifth place, permitting Williamson to regain the highest spot.
This is the sixth stint on the prime for Williamson, who first attained the primary place in November 2015 and was final on the prime in August 2021.
Australia batter Steve Smith has made fast progress in direction of the highest of the Test rankings after the second England-Australia Test at Lord’s.
Smith’s ‘player of the match’ effort of 110 and 34 has lifted him 4 locations to second place.
Smith was final on the prime in June 2021, when he had changed Williamson for a few weeks earlier than being overtaken once more by the New Zealand batter.
The race for the highest positions within the record is certain to stay attention-grabbing within the coming days as Smith is only one level behind Williamson’s 883 ranking factors after the newest weekly replace, whereas third-placed Marnus Labuschagne (873) and Travis Head are additionally separated by only one level.
England batter Ben Duckett has shot up 24 locations to succeed in the highest 20 for the primary time in his profession after scores of 98 and 83 within the second Ashes Test whereas his captain Ben Stokes is up 9 locations to twenty third after a valiant 155 within the second innings.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com