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.