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.