England's in-form batter Harry Brook is the new No.1 Test batter in the latest ICC rankings. He is in great form with the bat in the ongoing tour of New Zealand slamming two centuries and a fifty in three innings. In the most recent Test match against the Kiwis, 123 and 55 across two innings in Wellington. On the contrary, even though Joe Root scored a century in the second innings, bagging a duck in the first cost him his numero uno spot in the rankings.
Brook managed to cross his England teammate by just a solitary point to become the best batter in the world. He has 898 rating points now while Root has slipped to second with 897 points. Among other changes in the top 10 batting rankings in the longest format, Australia's Travis Head has entered the list jumping by six places to fifth after smashing 140 runs in the pink-ball Test against India last week in Adelaide.
Rishabh Pant couldn't make any impact and hence, slipped three positions to ninth with 724 rating points. In another major movement in the rankings, Australia's arguably best Test batsman, Steve Smith, is out of the top 10 for the first time in so many years and he is at 11th place with 708 points after his low score in the second Test.
Temba Bavuma, the player of the series against Sri Lanka recently, has jumped three places to seventh in the rankings with 753 rating points to his name. Despite twin failures in Adelaide, Yashasvi Jaiswal has retained his fourth position and has 811 points to his name.
Latest ICC Test rankings for batters
| Rank |
Player |
Rating Points |
| 1 |
Harry Brook |
898 |
| 2 |
Joe Root |
897 |
| 3 |
Kane Williamson |
812 |
| 4 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal |
811 |
| 5 |
Travis Head |
781 |
| 6 |
Kamindu Mendis |
759 |
| 7 |
Temba Bavuma |
753 |
| 8 |
Dary Mitchell |
729 |
| 9 |
Rishabh Pant |
724 |
| |
Saud Shakeel |
724 |
