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India captain Shubman Gill has jumped to the sixth spot in the latest rankings for Test batter while Harry Brook has dethroned Joe Root at the top position.
Shubman Gill (left) and Harry Brook (AP Photo)
A blockbuster performance with the bat in the Birmingham Test has propelled India captain Shubman Gill to a career-best position in the latest ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings. On the other hand, England batter Harry Brook has overtaken Joe Root to become the new top-ranked batter in the longer format.
Gill, with remarkable innings of 269 and 161, became only the second player in history to record scores above 150 in both innings of a Test match, amassing the second-highest aggregate ever by a batter in Tests with 430 runs. This performance has propelled him 15 places to a career-best sixth position.
Previously, Gill’s highest ranking was 14th, which he attained in September last year, and he began the ongoing series ranked 23rd. On the other hand, Brook has ascended to the top of the Test batters’ rankings after scoring a magnificent 158 in the first innings of the second Test in Birmingham.
Brook had briefly held the number one Test batter position for one week in December last year. His return to the top spot has resulted in Root being pushed to the second position and losing 18 rating points.
Other batters making notable gains after the Edgbaston Test include India’s all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has moved up six places to 39th after valuable innings of 89 and 69 not out, and England wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith, who has entered the top 10 for the first time after his solid innings of 184 not out and 88, lifting him 16 places to tenth position.
India’s new-ball bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep, who each took a five-wicket haul, have also made significant progress in the Test bowling rankings. Siraj’s seven wickets in the match have elevated him six places to 22nd, while Akash has jumped 39 places to a career-best 45th position after securing his maiden ten-wicket match haul.
South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder, who made headlines with his unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, has surged 34 spots to a career-best 22nd position in the batting rankings. He also picked up three wickets, moving him up four places to 48th among bowlers.
In the all-rounders’ rankings, Mulder has made a significant leap to a career-best third position, now only behind Jadeja and Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Other notable gains from performances in Bulawayo include South Africa batters David Bedingham, who is up four places to 43rd, and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, who has jumped eight places to 60th position. Among bowlers, Corbin Bosch has moved up six places to 51st.
Following the second Test between the West Indies and Australia in Grenada, Cameron Green (up four places to 45th) and Beau Webster (up two places to 50th) have made gains from an Australian perspective. West Indies batters Roston Chase (up four places to 81st) and Brandon King (up 60 places to 83rd) have also advanced in the rankings. The West Indies fast-bowling duo Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph have both moved up six places to 29th and 31st positions, respectively.
In the Men’s ODI Batting Rankings, after Sri Lanka’s 2-1 series win over Bangladesh, Charith Asalanka’s 106 in the first match helped him climb two slots to sixth place, while Kusal Mendis’s 124 in the final match lifted him into the top 10 for the first time.
Their teammate Janith Liyanage (up seven places to 44th) and Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy (up seven places to 51st) have also moved up the batting rankings. Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has re-entered the top 10 of the ODI bowling rankings, advancing 11 places to eighth position.
With Inputs From ICC
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