ICC Rankings: Rohit becomes 3rd Indian to reach Top-10 in all formats
Cricket | October 23, 2019 15:29 ISTFollowing a remarkable display in the Test series against South Africa, Rohit Sharma entered the top-10 of the ICC Test Rankings.
Following a remarkable display in the Test series against South Africa, Rohit Sharma entered the top-10 of the ICC Test Rankings.
Rohit, who now has five centuries from 28 Tests, gained a whopping 36 slots after his knocks of 176 and 127 in the first Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.
Steve Smith, who has been consistently performing for Australia in the ongoing Ashes series, has closed in on Virat Kohli in the latest ICC Rankings.
Ellyse Perry is now 12 points ahead of Stafanie Taylor at a career-high 398 points and at the top of the table for the first time since October 2017.
In the team rankings, India remain in the first place followed by New Zealand (2) and South Africa (3) with England (4) and Australia (5) rounding up the top five.
James Anderson will have a chance to bridge the gap with South Africa's Kagiso Rabada in the one-off test match against Ireland.
An impressive show in the recently-concluded tri-series benefited Shakib Al Hasan in the all-rounder rankings.
The rankings were updated after series results from 2015-16 were removed, and outcomes from 2016-17 and 2017-18 are weighted at 50 per cent, an ICC statement read.
Mandhana, who was the stand-in captain in place of regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in the three-match series against England, currently occupies the third spot in the batting chart with 698 points.
India's ODI skipper Mithali Raj was static at the fourth place with 713 points as the only other cricketer from the country in the top 10 batting list.
Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai has gained a whopping 31 slots to reach a career-best seventh position after aggregating 204 runs in the 3-0 series victory over Ireland.
Rodrigues's 132 runs in the three-match series against New Zealand have lifted her to second position while Mandhana has gained four spots after finishing as the leading run-getter in the New Zealand series.
The Indian skipper dropped four places to be jointly 19th with Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza.
In team Rankings, New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place.
Smriti cracked her fourth ODI century and an unbeaten 90 in India's 2-1 win in the three-match rubber against New Zealand.
Windies all-rounder Jason Holder leapfrogged Shakib Al Hasan and Ravindra Jadeja to grab the number one spot for the first time in his career.
India, who play three matches against Australia and five against New Zealand, could reach 125 points and within one point of England if they are able to win all eight matches.
Kohli overtook Steven Smith in August and has now held the top position for 135 days.
Amongst other teams, Jonny Bairstow of England, Bangladesh's Mominul Haque and Yasir Shah of Pakistan have made impressive gains in the latest rankings.
Abbas' current average of 15.64 is the best for any player in the last 100 years and the fourth-best overall.
Top News
Latest News
