KL Rahul gains 18 places in ICC Test rankings; Shami, Bumrah too move up
Cricket | January 05, 2022 15:03 ISTRahul moves to the 31st spot in the latest ICC rankings after his match-winning effort in India's win in the 1st Test against South Africa.
Rahul moves to the 31st spot in the latest ICC rankings after his match-winning effort in India's win in the 1st Test against South Africa.
Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli also retained their positions in the Test batters' chart -- at fifth and seventh respectively. While Rohit has 797 rating points in his kitty, Kohli has collected 756 points.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli drops down by a rank to sit at the seventh position in the latest ICC rankings for Test batsman. Australia's star batsman Marnus Labuschagne dethroned England skipper Joe root to clinch the no. 1 spot in the latest rankings.
Agarwal's Player of the Match effort in the second Test in Mumbai, where he scored 150 and 62, has helped him gain 30 spots and reach 11th position in the latest update to the men's rankings.
India beat New Zealand by 372 runs in the Mumbai Test on the fourth day after drawing the opening match in Kanpur.
KL Rahul, who scored a superb 129, made a significant gain, jumping 19 spots to take the 37th spot.
Williamson scored 49 and 52 in the final against India which helped him amass 900 points and subsequently take the top spot in ICC Rankings.
England's Ben Stokes retained his third place with 377 points, while R Ashwin is fourth in the list with 353 points.
Following their 1-0 series win in England against Joe Root's men last week at the Edgbaston, New Zealand leapfrogged India to take the top spot in the ICC Test ranking.
Kohli, who will lead India in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton from Friday, has 814 points.
India head the table with a rating of 121 having accumulated 2914 points from 24 matches.
Hasan has moved up six places to the 14th position, Shaheen jumped nine places to the 22nd and Nauman moved from 54th to 46th position.
Three players -- Rishabh Pant, New Zealand's Henry Nicholls and Rohit Sharma -- who are all on 747 points, are joint sixth. Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant has moved up three places.
Pant’s 747 rating points are the joint-15th highest by any India batsman, and the highest by a full-time Test wicketkeeper from his country.
India trounced England by an innings and 25 runs on the third day of the fourth Test to complete a 3-1 series victory on Saturday, securing their place in June's World Test Championships final against New Zealand.
India, with the 3-1 series win, now have 122 rating points having amassed 4505 points from 37 matches in the designated period.
The difference in Rohit's home and away average of 54.05 is the most by a batsman ever (min. 20 innings) but since opening the innings for India, the figure reads 24.23 which only shows that he has been growing into the role.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma moved to 8th position in the ICC Test Rankings. Three Indians are now in the top-10 among batsmen.
Ashwin hit an excellent 106 in India's second innings and took eight wickets with his off-spin in the second Test against England in Chennai.
Kohli, who had had scores of 11 and 72 in the opening Test against England, has 852 points and down one spot in the latest chart issued on Wednesday.
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