DTVHINDIICC Test Batting Rankings: Rohit Sharma enters top-5 before Test series against Bangladesh, Root still number-1
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has moved to fifth position in the latest ICC Test rankings with 751 points. Rohit Sharma & Joe Root (Photo Source: Latest ICC Test Batting Ranking: Team India is going to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh from September 19. Before the upcoming series, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has entered the top-5 in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. Rohit Sharma is the only Indian batsman in the top-5 rankings. Let us tell you, for the first time since September 2021, Hitman has made it to the top-5 in the Test rankings. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli are in the top-10. Rohit Sharma is at fifth position with 751 rating points Indian captain Rohit Sharma has come to the fifth position with 751 points in the latest ICC Test rankings. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at the sixth position with 740 rating points. Both the batsmen had shown excellent performance in the last Test series against England. Rohit Sharma scored 400 runs with the help of 2 centuries. On the other hand, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 712 runs with the help of two centuries and three half-centuries. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli is at the seventh position with 737 rating points. At the same time, former England captain Joe Root is still at the first position in the Test batting rankings. But after failing with the bat in the third Test match against England, he has lost some rating points. He has dropped from 922 rating points to 899. New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson (859) is in second place. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell (768 points) is in third place and Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith (757 points) is in fourth place. Mohammad Rizwan is at 9th position Mohammad Rizwan is the only Pakistani player in the top-10 in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. He is in 9th place with 720 points. ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings (Latest) 1. Joe Root (England) – 899 points 2. Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 859 points 3. Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) – 768 points 4. Steve Smith (Australia) – 757 points 5. Rohit Sharma (India) – 751 points 6. Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 740 points 7. Virat Kohli (India) – 737 points 8. Usman Khawaja (India) – 728 points 9. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)- 720 points 10. Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) – 720 points
Big upset in ICC Test rankings, Babar Azam out of top-10, Root is still number-1
Babar Azam (Photo Source: Getty Images) After the end of the Pakistan vs Bangladesh Test series, ICC has released the latest rankings. England’s veteran player and former captain Joe Root has dominated the latest rankings of batsmen. Root scored a century in both innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka. After this, he has reached 922 rating points and now he has a chance to break his personal best rating record. Root achieved a rating of 923 after scoring a century against India at Edgbaston last year. Root is 63 points ahead of New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, who is in second place in the ICC Men’s Test Rankings. On the other hand, Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam flopped with the bat in both the Test matches of the Bangladesh series, due to which he suffered a lot in the rankings and has dropped out of the top-10. Babar Azam out of top-10 of ICC Test rankings Pakistan’s experienced batsman Babar Azam has dropped out of the top-10 of the ICC Test rankings released today. 29-year-old Babar Azam has lost three places and has reached 12th position with 712 points, while Mohammad Rizwan is now Pakistan’s best Test batsman at 10th position. Joe Root has scored two centuries and a half-century in the Test series against Sri Lanka and is just one point away from his career best rating points. Root has a chance to surpass Don Bradman’s all-time rating of 961. The experienced England batsman has to play one Test match against Sri Lanka and three against Pakistan in the coming days and with the kind of form Root is in right now, he can break this record of Don Bradman. Talking about Indian batsmen in this ranking, three batsmen of Team India are present in the top-10 ranking. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is in sixth place with 751 rating points. Yashasvi Jaiswal is in seventh place and the team’s experienced batsman Virat Kohli is in eighth place.
WCPL is making a documentary on the journey of world’s number-1 all-rounder Hayley Matthews, will be released soon
Born in Barbados, Haley started playing cricket when she was just 8 years old. Hayley Matthews (Photo Source: Getty Images) Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) is going to release a new documentary on the cricket journey of West Indies women’s cricket team captain and number-1 T20 all-rounder Hayley Matthews, which has been named ‘Life Stories,’. Born in Barbados, Hayley started playing cricket at the age of just 8. Hayley Matthews was also interested in track and field events, she also won a gold medal in javelin throw at the 2015 CARIFTA Games. Hayley Matthews made her T20 debut against New Zealand in September 2014, when she was just 16 years old. The same year, Hayley also made her ODI debut against Australia. Hayley performed brilliantly in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2016. She helped West Indies win their first title by scoring 66 runs in 45 balls in the final against Australia. Fans will be able to watch the film here- The film tells the story of Hayley Matthews from her childhood in Barbados to winning the T20 World Cup and the WCPL title. Which has been shown brilliantly by director Paul Pritchett-Brown and photography director Arjun Chaudhary. The film will be broadcast on Willow in the USA, TNT Sports in the UK, TV6 in Trinidad, Fancode in India, Fox Sports in Australia and SportsMax in the Caribbean. Fans can also watch this film on the Caribbean Premier League’s YouTube channel. Take a look at Hayley Matthews’ international record- Hayley Matthews has so far scored 2434 runs in 84 ODIs for West Indies at an average of 31.20 and a strike rate of 71.69, which includes 6 centuries and 6 half-centuries. With the ball, she has taken 100 wickets at an average of 23.63 and an economy of 4.03. So far, Haley has scored 2339 runs in 96 T20 matches at an average of 25.70 and a strike rate of 112.88, which includes 2 centuries and 10 half-centuries. At the same time, he has also taken 99 wickets at an average of 17.38 and an economy of 5.87.
ICC T20I Rankings: Hardik Pandya becomes number-1 after stellar performance in T20 World Cup 2024
Hardik showed amazing performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024 Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Instagram) Hardik Pandya’s good days are back. He showed amazing performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from batting, he performed brilliantly in bowling and played an important role in making the Indian team champion. Now he has got the benefit of this in the new T20I all-rounder rankings released by ICC. In the new ICC T20I all-rounder rankings, Hardik Pandya has jumped two places to reach the first position. He has 222 rating points. At the same time, Wanindu Hasaranga is also in second place with 222 rating points. Australia’s Marcus Stoinis is in third place and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is in fourth place. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan remains in the top-5. Mohammad Nabi, Aiden Markram and Moeen Ali have lost 1-1 place. However, all of them remain in the top-10. Took important wickets of Klaasen and Miller in the final Let us tell you that in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, Hardik Pandya took the important wickets of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, due to which India became the champion. During the entire tournament, Hardik Pandya impressed everyone with his batting and bowling. Apart from scoring 144 runs at a strike rate of over 150, he also took 11 wickets. Earlier, Hardik was badly trolled during IPL 2024. After being made the captain of Mumbai Indians, fans were constantly booing him, but Hardik endured everything silently and gave a befitting reply to everyone with his performance. After leading India to victory in the T20 WC final, he broke down crying on the field itself. Looking at him, one can imagine how much this victory means to him. After becoming the champion, he said, “It felt like the six months that had passed had come back. I controlled myself a lot. When I wanted to cry, I didn’t cry because I didn’t want to show it to people. I didn’t want to make people happy in my difficult times. Look at the grace of God, I got such a great opportunity. In the last over, I was in such a situation that I couldn’t even imagine.”
ICC released new rankings amidst T20 World Cup, this Afghanistan all-rounder became number-1, Hardik Pandya also benefited
Hardik Pandya has managed to make it to the top-10 (Image Credit- Twitter X) The ICC has released the new T20 rankings amid the T20 World Cup 2024. In this, Afghanistan’s experienced all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has gained tremendously and he has become the number-1 player in the ranking of all-rounders. He has overtaken Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan. At the same time, Hardik Pandya has managed to make it to the top-10. 39-year-old Mohammad Nabi has gained two places. Australia’s Marcus Stoinis has also jumped three places and has now reached the second position. Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has lost one place and has slipped to the third position. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is at fourth place and Shakib Al Hasan is at fifth place. England’s all-rounder Liam Livingstone is at sixth place and Moeen Ali is at seventh place. Hardik Pandya is present in the top-10. He has gained one place and has reached the 8th position. Hardik is the only Indian in the top-10. Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee has jumped one place to reach the ninth position, while South Africa’s Aiden Markram has slipped a place to reach the 10th position. Suryakumar Yadav remains at number-1 Talking about the T20I batting rankings, Suryakumar Yadav remains at number-1. England’s Phil Salt is at the second position, while Pakistani captain Babar Azam has jumped one place to reach the third position. Talking about the T20I bowling rankings, Adil Rashid is at the top. There are two Indian bowlers in the top-10. Axar Patel has lost 4 places and is at the seventh position, while Ravi Bishnoi has slipped 6 places to the 10th position.
