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 T20I Rankings: Arshdeep takes a huge leap and reaches top 10 for the first time, while Hardik is in top 3 among all-rounders.

Arshdeep has achieved career best ranking in T20. Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Twitter Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has got a big advantage in the latest ICC T20 rankings. Let us tell you that by achieving career best ranking, he has taken a huge jump of 8 points and reached 8th position in the category of bowlers in T20 format. Arshdeep Singh has been rewarded for his brilliant performance in the first T20 match against Bangladesh in Gwalior. He has reached number 8 with 642 rating points in the latest ICC T20 rankings released on October 8, 2024. On the other hand, there has been no change in the top 3 in the bowlers’ category. England’s legendary spinner Adil Rashid is at number one with 721 rating points. So West Indies’ Akil Hussain is at second place with 685 rating points and Afghanistan’s all-rounder Rashid Khan is at third place with 668 rating points. Hardik Pandya reached top 3 On the other hand, in the latest T20 rankings released, Hardik Pandya has got a big advantage in the all-rounder category. Pandya has reached third place with a jump of three places. Hardik currently has 216 rating points. Pandya had performed amazingly in the first T20 match against Bangladesh. Along with taking 1 wicket, Hardik played a stormy inning of 39* runs in 16 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, in the all-rounder category, England’s Liam Livingstone is at first place with 253 rating points. Whereas Deependra Singh Ari of Nepal has reached second place with 235 rating points. He has gained 4 places in the latest ranking. Arshdeep and Hardik would like to perform well in Delhi T20 match So, both Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya will be seen playing in the second T20 match against Bangladesh to be held in Delhi on 9th October. Both will be eyeing to strengthen their respective positions in the ICC rankings by performing brilliantly in this T20 match.

Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal made headlines in ICC Women’s T20 Rankings, this happened for the first time

She has reached second place in the category of bowlers. Sadia Iqbal (Image Credit- Twitter X) In the latest ICC rankings released today, Thursday, October 8, Pakistan’s spin bowler Sadia Iqbal has created history. Let us tell you that she has now become the first player in the country who has secured second position in the category of bowlers in T20 format. This is Iqbal’s career best ranking in T20. Also, she is the first woman bowler from Pakistan to achieve 754 rating points. Iqbal is just 8 points behind England’s Sophie Aselton (762) at number one. Apart from Iqbal in the top 10, Nashra Sandhu from Pakistan has reached 8th position with a jump of four places. Sarah Glenn of England women’s cricket team is at third position with 746 rating points. Apart from this, Sadia Iqbal became only the second Pakistani player to reach the top in the women’s rankings. Earlier, former Pakistani captain Sana Mir had reached the top in the ODI bowling rankings in 2018-2019. Also, after the England and South Africa match in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, a lot of changes have been seen in the rankings. After this match, South African captain Laura Bulfart has jumped two places and is at third position in the batsmen’s category in T20 with 746 rating points. Also, South Africa’s Tazmin Britts has got the benefit of playing an inning of 57 runs against West Indies and she has reached sixth position with a jump of 1 place. ICC Cricket Rankings T20 Format batting: 1. Beth Mooney (761), 2. Tahila McGrath (748), 3. Laura Bulfart (746) bowling: 1. Sophie Aselton (770), 2. Kate Cross (686), 3. Megan Schutt (682) allrounder: 1. Marijan Kapp (404), 2. Haley Matthews (394), 3. Nat Seaver Brunt (388) (Note: Till October 8, 2024)

ICC Test Rankings: Jasprit Bumrah becomes number one bowler, Virat Kohli returns to top 10

Team India (Image Credit- Twitter X) ICC has released the latest rankings of Test players on Wednesday after the end of India vs Bangladesh Test series. India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has again become the number one Test bowler. He is at number one with 870 rating points. He has left behind veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is at second place with 869 ratings. India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli has returned to the top-10. Virat Kohli has jumped six places to reach sixth position in the list of batsmen. Virat currently has 724 rating points. Young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has also benefited after this Test series. He has gained two places. Yashasvi is at third place with 792 rating points. Jasprit Bumrah performed brilliantly in India vs Bangladesh series Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took 11 wickets in the two-match Test series played between India and Bangladesh. Now they have got the benefit of this. He reached the top by jumping one place. This is the second time that Bumrah has reached the top of the Test rankings. Earlier in February this year, the fast bowler had secured the first position after the series against England. Then he had gained three places. Talking about others, Bangladesh’s Mehdi Hasan (up four places to 18th) and experienced spinner Shakib Al Hasan has moved up five places to 28th. Sri Lankan spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya (801) achieved the highest rating of his career. He is jointly at number nine. He performed well in the Test series against New Zealand. Jayasuriya won the Player of the Series award by taking 18 wickets in that series. India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli has returned to the top-10 in the list of batsmen. He scored 47 runs in the first innings of Kanpur Test and 27 not out in the second innings. He was out of the top-10 after his poor performance in the Chennai Test. England’s legendary batsman Joe Root (899) is at number one in the ranking of batsmen. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (820) is at the 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…

Pathum Nissanka made a big jump in the ICC Test batting rankings after playing a match-winning innings for Sri Lanka at The Oval

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka has jumped 42 places to 39th position in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. Pathum Nissanka. (Photo by RANDY BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images) Sri Lanka’s brilliant opening batsman Pathum Nissanka played a key role in his team’s victory by batting brilliantly in the third Test against England. He scored 64 runs in the first innings of the third Test played at The Oval, while in the second innings, this brilliant batsman played an unbeaten innings of 127 runs. Pathum Nissanka did not spare any England bowler in this match and batted brilliantly against all of them. In the latest ICC Test batting rankings, Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka has jumped 42 places and has now reached the 39th position. Not only in the third Test, Pathum Nissanka batted very well in the first two Tests as well. Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva scored 69 runs in the first innings and has now reached the 13th position in the ICC Test batting rankings. Not only this, Sri Lanka’s Player of the Series Kamindu Mendis has jumped 6 places to reach the 25th position. Pathum Nissanka jumps 42 spots to become 39th Ranked Test batter. – A dream Oval Test for Nissanka! pic.twitter.com/qGsjb5Vvit — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 11, 2024 Joe Root is in first place Even though England’s experienced batsman Joe Root failed to bat well in the third Test, he has retained the top spot in the Test rankings. Kane Williamson is at the second spot in this list. Harry Brook also failed to score big in the third Test against Sri Lanka and has now fallen to the 12th position. Jamie Smith performed very well against Sri Lanka. He scored an important half-century for his team in the second innings of the third Test and has now reached the 30th ranking. Let us tell you, even though Sri Lanka won the third Test, England won the 3-match Test series 2-1. Batsmen who hit the most sixes for India in the death overs of T20I Batsmen who scored the fastest T20 century for Australia- Mushir Khan broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 33 year old record Wicketkeepers with most Man of the Match awards for India 7 expensive watches of Hardik Pandya and their prices, know here- Virat Kohli has earned more than 8 billion rupees in the last 12 months List of teams scoring the most runs in the power play of T20- Rahul Dravid became rich after becoming the head coach of Rajasthan Royals These 5 Indian cricketers pay the highest tax, you will be shocked to know the amount Haris Rauf’s wife is extremely beautiful, even Bollywood actresses fail

Rohit Sharma: Hitman’s dominance seen in ICC Rankings, enters top 5 in ODIs and Tests

Rohit Sharma reached number five in the ICC Test rankings with a rating of 751. Rohit Sharma (Pic Source-X) Rohit Sharma ICC Ranking: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has returned to the top 5 in the Test rankings. Rohit has returned to the top 5 in the Test rankings for batsmen for the first time since September 2021. Rohit was the highest-ranked Indian batsman in the Test rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. Apart from this, Rohit’s name is present in the top 2 in the ODI rankings. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal played a key role in India’s series win over England earlier this year. Jaiswal scored 712 runs in the record-breaking series, which included two centuries and three half-centuries. Rohit also scored two centuries and scored 400 runs. Team India has not played any Test match since then, yet all these players have managed to keep themselves in the top-10. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has gained one place and is now at number five with a rating of 751. Yashasvi Jaiswal has also reached number six with a rating of 740. At the same time, Virat Kohli has also gained one place and is at number seven with a rating of 737. All these players managed to register a jump in their rankings without playing a Test and will now be seen in action in the Test series against Bangladesh from September 19. The dominance of Indian batsmen was also seen in the ODI rankings If we talk about ODI rankings, there are three Indian batsmen in the top 5. Rohit is at number two in this list with 765 rating points. Shubman Gill is at number three. His rating point is 763. At number three is the name of legendary batsman Virat Kohli. Virat has 746 rating points.

ICC 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.  

Big changes in ICC rankings- Babar Azam fell down, see where Rohit, Kohli and Yashasvi are?

Three Indian players feature in the top 10 list of the ICC rankings – Rohit Sharma (6th), Yashasvi Jaiswal (7th) and Virat Kohli (8th). Virat Kohli, Babar Azam and Rohit Sharma (pic source-twitter) Senior Pakistan batsman Babar Azam suffered a massive drop in the ICC Test rankings on Wednesday, August 28. Babar has dropped from third place to the 9th spot due to his consistent failures in recent Test matches. His decline came after a poor performance in the first Test match against Bangladesh in home conditions. At the same time, Mohammad Rizwan has jumped 7 places to reach the 11th position due to his good performance. Where are Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the ICC rankings? According to the ICC press release issued on Wednesday, “Babar Azam has dropped six places from third to ninth after failing in the first innings of Pakistan’s Test match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. At the same time, Mohammad Rizwan has achieved a new career high rating by gaining seven places to reach 11th position by scoring a century in the same match.” ICC Rankings: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli in top 10 England’s Harry Brook topped the Test batsmen’s rankings on 28 August. Brook has now climbed three places to fourth in the list. Brook’s rise in the rankings and Babar’s fall also benefited Indian batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli in the rankings. Jaiswal has moved up one place to 7th position and Kohli has moved up two places to 8th position. Three Indian players feature in the top 10 list of the rankings – Rohit Sharma (6th), Yashasvi Jaiswal (7th) and Virat Kohli (8th). Bangladesh’s senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has also gained a big place in the rankings after playing a crucial innings of 191 runs against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Mushfiqur Rahim jumped 7 places and is now in 17th place. ICC Test Rankings Joe Root (England) – 881 rating Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 859 rating Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) – 768 rating Harry Brooke (England) – 758 rating Steve Smith (Australia) – 757 rating Rohit Sharma (India) – 751 rating Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 740 rating Virat Kohli (India) – 737 rating Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 734 rating Usman Khawaja (Australia) – 728 rating