ICC Test Rankings: Kagiso Rabada became number-1 Test bowler by defeating Bumrah, Ashwin-Jadeja also suffered loss
Kagiso Rabada topped the Test bowling rankings with 860 rating points. Kagiso Rabada & Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Source: ICC Test Rankings: Kagiso Rabada has become the number-1 bowler in the ICC Men’s Test bowling rankings, overtaking Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Rabada had shown a brilliant performance in the first match of the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh, for which he has been rewarded. Rabada took three wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings. Kagiso Rabada also took his 300th Test wicket during the first Test against Bangladesh. He is the third fastest South African bowler (11817 balls) to achieve this feat. Kagiso Rabada reached first place with 860 rating points. Kagiso Rabada reached the first position in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings for the first time in 2018. He remained at number-1 position till February 2019. The thing to note is that Rabada has been continuously in the top-10 in the rankings recently. After taking 9 wickets against Bangladesh, he left behind Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood and Ashwin and secured the first position with 860 rating points. Josh Hazlewood (847) is at second place, Bumrah (846) is at third place and Ashwin (831) is at fourth place. Pakistani spinner Noman Ali reached 9th place On the other hand, Pakistan’s spin bowlers Noman Ali and Sajid Khan have also benefited, who recently performed brilliantly in the Test series against England. Noman Ali took 11 and 9 wickets in two matches, Sajid took 9 and 10 wickets in two matches. Noman Ali achieved a career-high ranking of 9th. While Sajid has jumped 12 places to reach 38th position. ICC Men’s Latest Test Bowling Rankings Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – 860 rating Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 847 rating Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 846 rating R Ashwin (India) – 831 rating Pat Cummins (Australia) – 820 rating Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 801 rating Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 801 rating Ravindra Jadeja (India) – 776 rating Noman Ali (Pakistan) – 759 rating Matt Henry (New Zealand)- 743 rating Rachin Ravindra and Saud Shakeel took a long jump England’s legendary batsman Joe Root is still at first place in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings. Kiwi batsman Rachin Ravindra played brilliantly in the first two test matches against India. He has jumped 8 places to 10th position. At the same time, Saud Shakeel of Pakistan made a huge jump of 20 places and has reached 7th position. ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings Joe Root (England) – 903 rating Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 813 rating Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 790 rating Harry Brook (England) – 778 ratings Steve Smith (Australia)- 757 rating Usman Khawaja (Australia) – 728 rating Saud Shakeel (Pakistan) – 724 rating Marnus LaBution (Australia) – 720 rating Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 716 rating Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)- 711 rating
Big changes are going to happen in Test and ODI formats, ICC may take decision soon
ICC WTC Logo (Photo Source: To promote the Test and ODI formats, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering making some changes. Under this change, there will be a minimum of three Tests in each World Test Championship (WTC) series and in ODIs, two balls will be used for the first 25 overs and then the remaining 25 overs will be bowled with a single ball. The ICC board meeting was held in Dubai, in which women’s cricket was also discussed. If TOI report is to be believed, ICC’s Cricket Committee has received many suggestions in the board meeting. For this reason, the Cricket Committee has recommended that in order to promote Test cricket, as many Day-Night Tests i.e. Pink Ball Test matches should be organized in the next WTC cycle and the Test series should also be of at least 3 matches under the WTC. . ICC is considering conducting a three-match test series An ICC source said, “Some countries like South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka play only two-Test series on most occasions. Only India, England and Australia play long Test series. This does not help in promoting Test cricket and makes the distribution of points very unfair. The recommendations are aimed at eradicating such disparities.” Day-Night Test is currently organized only in Cricket Australia, but BCCI has not played a single Test match with pink ball on its soil for two years. Team India will play the Pink Ball Test in Australia in the coming December. The source said, “The ICC committee believes that more people come to the stadium because of the Test matches played with the pink ball. Recently the viewership in Pakistan has been very low. More tickets than usual were sold in the 3 pink ball test matches played in India. Test playing countries should be encouraged to play more pink ball Test matches.”
Joe Root reaches new heights in latest ICC Test batting rankings, achieves career best ranking
The route has reached 932 rating points. Joe Root (Photo Source: Former England captain and veteran batsman Joe Root has achieved new heights in the category of batsmen in the latest ICC Test rankings. The inning of 262 runs played in the first Test match against Pakistan in Multan has been of great benefit to the experienced batsman. Root currently has 932 rating points and is currently the number 1 Test batsman in the world. Apart from this, he has become the fourth player from England to achieve the all-time best ranking in Tests. This is also his career best ranking. Before Root, Len Hooton (945), Jack Hobbs 942 and Peter May (941) had achieved the best ranking in the batsmen’s category for England. After scoring two centuries in the home Test match against Sri Lanka before Pakistan, he had achieved 923 rating points, his career best ranking, but later slipped to 899 points, but in the first Test against Pakistan in Multan. After his brilliant innings in the match and the record partnership of 454 runs with Harry Brook for the fourth wicket, he has been progressing continuously. Apart from Joe Root, Ben Duckett has gained five points in the batsmen’s category for England in the latest rankings. He has currently reached the 14th position with 685 rating points, while after scoring a triple century, Harry Brook has reached the third position with a jump of 10 points. Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at second place with 829 rating points. Pakistani batsmen also benefited in ranking In the latest rankings, the ranking of three players who scored centuries for Pakistan in the first Test match played in Multan has also improved. Salman Ali Aga has reached career best 22nd ranking, while Shan Masood has reached 51st position with a jump of 12 points. Besides, Abdullah Shafiq has also reached 39th position.
ICC Men’s Test Rankings: Yashasvi-Jadeja gain in ranking, Kohli out of top-10, Hitman also suffers loss
In the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings, Rohit Sharma has moved from number 5 to the tenth position. Whereas, Virat Kohli has dropped out of the top-10. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) 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…
Joe Root became the number one batsman in ICC Test Ranking, these three Indian players are in the top 10
Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) England batsman Joe Root has regained the number one spot in the ICC Men’s Test batting rankings after scoring 87 runs in the first innings of the third and final match of the ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies in Birmingham. His team won this match by 10 wickets and with this won the series 3-0. With this, Joe Root has ended Kane Williamson’s reign. New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson was the number one batsman in the Test rankings for a long time. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has benefited in the T20I rankings. Suryakumar Yadav is still at number two in the T20I rankings. He has not been able to snatch the number one position from Australian opener Travis Head. Rohit Sharma reached sixth position in ICC Test Ranking Talking about the Test rankings, Joe Root has reached number one. He was at number two after the second match of the England vs West Indies Test series. Joe Root has 872 points, while Kane Williamson has 859 rating points. Babar Azam is at number three and Daryl Mitchell is at number four. Steve Smith is at number five. At the same time, Rohit Sharma has gained one position. He has reached the sixth position. England batsman Harry Brook has dropped four places in the Test rankings. He has slipped from fourth to seventh position. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number 8 and Dimuth Karunaratne is at number 9 and Virat Kohli is at number 10. Talking about T20 rankings, Travis Head is at the top with 844 rating points. Suryakumar Yadav is at number two. He has 805 points in his account. Phil Salt has reached number three. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has managed to reach the fourth position from sixth. Babar Azam has slipped one place. Mohammad Rizwan has come to the sixth position, who was at number five. Jos Buttler is currently at number seven. Rituraj Gaikwad is at number 8. Brandon King is at the 9th and Johnson Charles is at the 10th position.
ICC Ranking Update: Number one crown snatched from India, Australia reaches top again
Australia and Team India. (Image Source: X) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the annual update of Test, ODI and T-20 rankings on Friday, May 3. After this update, India has lost the number-1 crown in Test format. Australia, which defeated India in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23, has now reached number one in the Test rankings. Although India’s dominance continues in ODI and T20, Team India remains at number one in both these formats. After this annual update of ICC, Australia has 124 rating in the Test format, while India is at second position with 120 rating. England is at third position with 105 rating points. Australia’s team again reached number one in test format There has been no change of any kind in the Test rankings from fourth to ninth position. South Africa’s team (103) is at fourth position, New Zealand (96) at 5th, Pakistan (89) at 6th, Sri Lanka (83) at 7th, West Indies (82) at 8th and Bangladesh (53) at 9th. Let us tell you that in the latest rankings, all results between May 2021 and May 2023 have been given 50 percent weightage, while those in the next 12 months – which also includes Australia’s World Test Championship final win – have been given 100 percent weightage. Talking about ODI ranking, after the latest update, India is at first position with 122 ratings while Australia is at second position with 116 ratings. India has a lead of 6 rating points. In this list, South Africa has come close to Australia with 112 ratings, it is at third position. While Pakistan is in the top-5 with 106 and New Zealand 101 ratings. After ICC’s annual update, India is at the top position in the T-20 rankings with 264 ratings. Here too Australia is at second position. He has 257 rating points. England, which is at third position, has 252 rating points. South Africa (250) has jumped two places to fourth from sixth and is just two ratings behind England, while Pakistan (247) has lost two places and is now at seventh. Scotland (192) has overtaken Zimbabwe (191) to reach 12th position. see here ICC’s updated ranking
Cameron Green, who performed brilliantly in the Test against New Zealand, jumped in the ICC Test Rankings, know at what number he reached
Green had played an inning of 174* runs in the first test match against New Zealand. Cameron Green (Image Credit- Twitter X) Australia cricket team’s all-rounder Cameron Green has made a huge leap in the category of batsmen in the ICC Test rankings. It is noteworthy that Green is currently a part of the Australia team in the ongoing two-match Test series against New Zealand. So in the first test match played against New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington, he performed brilliantly and scored a brilliant inning of 174* runs in the first innings. Due to this brilliant innings, he has made a huge leap in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings. Green has jumped 22 places to 23rd place. Green currently has 661 rating points. So in the Test ranking, in the category of batsmen, veteran batsman Steve Smith is in the top 3 from Australia, at the third position with 789 rating points. Also, former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (870 rating points) is at the first position and former England captain Joe Root (799 rating points) is at the second position. Second test match between Australia and New Zealand on March 8 It is noteworthy that currently the Australian cricket team is on New Zealand tour for a 2-match test series. In the first Test match, Australia defeated host New Zealand by a huge margin of 172 runs. So now the second match of the Test series between the two teams will be played from Friday, March 8 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. It will be worth watching which team wins this match? Australia’s full team for the test series against New Zealand Pat Cummins (captain), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neisser, Matthew Renshaw, Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc.