ICC Men’s Test Rankings: Under the World Test Championship 2023-25, a Test series is currently being played between India and Bangladesh, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. India won the first Test match against Bangladesh by 280 runs. On the other hand, Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 63 runs in the first match of the series. After these two matches, the ICC has released the latest Test rankings.

Indian young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has gained in the latest rankings. He has moved from number-6 to number-5 in the batting rankings. At the same time, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have suffered huge losses.

ICC Men’s Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma reaches 10th and Virat Kohli reaches 12th position

In the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings, England batsman Joe Root (899) is still at the first position with rating points. Kane Williamson (852 rating) is second, Daryl Mitchell (760 rating) is third and Steve Smith (757 rating) is fourth. Yashasvi Jaiswal played innings of 56 and 10 runs in the first match of the Test series against Bangladesh. The young batsman has moved from sixth to fifth position with 751 rating points.

Both Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli flopped in the first test against Bangladesh. Rohit Sharma has come straight from number-5 to the tenth position. Virat Kohli has dropped out of the top-10, he has come from the seventh position to the 12th position.

ICC Test Batting Rankings-

1. Joe Root (England) – 899 rating points

2. Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 852 rating points

3. Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) – 760 rating points

4. Steve Smith (Australia) – 757 rating points

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 751 rating points

6. Rishabh Pant (India)- 731 rating points

7. Usman Khawaja (Australia) – 728 rating points

8. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)- 720 rating points

9. Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) – 720 rating points

10. Rohit Sharma (India) – 716 rating points

Ravichandran Ashwin is still the number-1 Test bowler

Ravichandran Ashwin scored a century in the first Test match against Bangladesh and also took 6 wickets. He won the Player of the Match title for his all-round performance. Ashwin is the number-1 bowler in the latest ICC bowling rankings with 871 rating points. At the same time, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah is in second place with 854 rating points.

Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood has slipped from second position to third position. Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja has moved from seventh to sixth position in the ranking. Sri Lankan bowler Prabhat Jayasuriya, who took 9 wickets in the first Test against New Zealand, has moved from 13th to 8th position in the Test bowling rankings.

ICC Latest Bowling Ranking-

1. Ravichandran Ashwin (India)- 871 rating points

2. Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 854 rating points

3. Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 847 rating points

4. Pat Cummins (Australia) – 820 rating points

5. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – 820 rating points

6. Ravindra Jadeja (India)- 804 rating points

7. Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 801 rating points

8. Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 743 rating points

9. Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand) – 721 rating points

10. Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)- 709 rating points