DTVHINDIRishabh Pant took a huge leap in ICC Test rankings, Rohit-Virat out of top-20
Kohli is out of top-20 for the first time since December 2014 Rishabh Pant (Photo Source: Getty Images) India suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat in the Test series against New Zealand. Indian batsmen performed very poorly, but Rishabh Pant batted well. He scored half-centuries in both the innings of Mumbai Test. Now they have got the benefit of this. Pant made a tremendous leap in the new Test batting rankings released by ICC and has reached the top-10. Apart from this, Kiwi batsman Daryl Mitchell has also managed to make it to the top 10. Pant has jumped five places and has now reached sixth position. Mitchell, who was in third place before slipping down the table in September this year, has moved up eight places to seventh after scores of 82 and 21. Apart from this, Will Young, who won Player of the Series, has climbed 29 places to 44th position with a career-best 550 rating points. While another New Zealand batsman, Glenn Phillips has moved from 45th to 42nd position. Rohit-Virat got a big shock Shubhman Gill moved from 20th to 16th position after scoring 90 runs in the first innings, but opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has dropped to fourth position. Whereas former captain Kohli has been out of the list of top-20 Test batsmen in the world for the first time since December 2014. Rohit Sharma has also lost two places. Virat Kohli is now at 22nd position and Rohit Sharma is at 26th position. Talking about Test bowling rankings, Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja and Kiwi spinner Ajaz Patel have got huge advantage. Jadeja has jumped two places to sixth position. Whereas Patel has reached career best 22nd position with a jump of 12 places. Ravichandran Ashwin has dropped one place to fifth. Jasprit Bumrah is at third position.
After Rohit-Virat, star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja retired, shared this special post on social media
Jadeja gave this information through a social media post Ravindra Jadeja (Image Credit- Twitter X) After Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, now star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. He informed about this through his social media handle on Sunday, June 30. All his fans are quite surprised by his decision. Let us tell you that India won the T20 trophy for the second time by defeating South Africa in the T20 World Cup final played on 29 June. After this, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma said goodbye to their T20 international career. Now Ravindra Jadeja, who was a part of the winning team, has announced his retirement. Jadeja posted on Instagram and wrote, “I say goodbye to T20 International with a heavy heart. I have always given my best for my country and will continue to do so in other formats as well. Winning the T20 World Cup was a dream come true, the pinnacle of my T20 International career. Thank you all for the memories, enthusiasm and unwavering support. Jai Hind” Here is Jadeja’s Instagram post update in progress…
IND v AFG: Rohit-Virat will open against Afghanistan! Apart from these, India has two more options
Keeping the T20 World Cup 2024 in mind, the BCCI Selection Committee announced a strong Indian team for this series. Senior players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to the T20 team after a break of more than a year. Since now Rohit and Virat have returned to the T-20 team and Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal are also in the team. So now the question in everyone’s mind is, who will open for India in this series against Afghanistan. 3 opening combinations that India can try in the Afghanistan series 3 possible opening combinations for IND v AFG 1) Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can open against Afghanistan Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Image Source: Twitter) Rohit Sharma has returned to the T-20 team as captain. He has been India’s best opener in T20I cricket and it should be no surprise if he opens the batting against Afghanistan. His opening partner should be Virat Kohli as he had a great season as an opener with Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023. Kohli scored many centuries as an opener. Also, he has formed some great partnerships with Rohit Sharma in international cricket. If the duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma gets going, it will be a nightmare for any bowling unit in the world. India should have the best two batsmen in its team as openers. 2) Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill Rohit Sharma & Shubman Gill (Photo Source: Twitter) 2023 has been a great year for Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill as the opening pair in ODI cricket. He also opened for India in Tests. Perhaps India can now try this pair in T-20 format also. Shubman Gill was the highest run-scorer in IPL 2023. He scored almost 900 runs while opening for Gujarat Titans. The Prince of Indian cricket already has a T20I century to his name, and playing alongside Rohit Sharma will help him become a better batsman. Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra also feels that Gill will open with Rohit in the T20 series between India and Afghanistan. 3) Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal (Pic Source-Twitter) If India wants a left-handed-right-handed opening combination in the T20 World Cup 2024, then it should try Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma as openers against Afghanistan. Two batsmen from Mumbai open for India in Test cricket. During the absence of Rohit Sharma in the T20 team, Yashasvi played some brilliant innings for the Indian team. Both Jaiswal and Sharma have an aggressive approach, which can help India score big in the powerplay overs.
