ICC Test Rankings: Rishabh Pant climbs to career-best 7th spot; Ravichandran Ashwin moves to second

ICC Test Rankings: Rishabh Pant climbs to career-best 7th spot; Ravichandran Ashwin moves to second
Washington Sundar and Rishabh Pant

Following the recently concluded test series between India and England, hosts and winners India and its players have made significant gains in the ICC Test Rankings. The biggest gainer is Rishabh Pant who had a terrific series as he was consistently among the runs in the first three tests before capping it all off with a century in the fourth test that not only rescued India from a precarious position but also set them on their way to an innings victory.

Washington Sundar who put on an excellent partnership with Pant en route to his knock of 96* also made significant gains in the batsmen’s ranking to move to 62nd. The other Indian batters did not make huge gains due to their largely below-par performances. The likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli dropped points due to their fairly ordinary performances by their standards in the series.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel gain points

Ravichandran Ashwin

India’s spin twins Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin who spun a web around the English batters by picking up 27 and 32 wickets respectively in the series made huge gains unsurprisingly. Ashwin moved to the second spot in the bowlers’ rankings leapfrogging Neil Wagner who has now been pushed to 3rd. Axar made his way to the 30th spot upon gaining 552 ranking points in the series.

Meanwhile for England, James Anderson who even at 38 and in the sweltering heat of India bowled his heart out and held his own on occasions, moved to the 4th spot from 6th. Dan Lawrence who struck a fifty in the fourth test entered the top 100 and is placed at the 93rd position.

ICC Test Team’s Rankings

SNTEAMRATING
1 India120
2 New Zealand118
3 Australia113
4 England106
5 Pakistan90
6 South Africa89
7 Sri Lanka83
8 West Indies80
9 Bangladesh51

ICC Test Batsmen’s Rankings

SNPLAYERTEAMRATING
1Kane Williamson NZ919
2 Steve Smith AUS891
3 Marnus Labuschagne AUS878
4 Joe Root ENG831
5 Virat Kohli IND814
6 Babar Azam PAK760
7 Rishabh Pant IND747
8Henry Nicholls NZ747
9Rohit Sharma IND747
10 David Warner AUS724

ICC Test Bowlers’ Rankings

SNPLAYERTEAMRATING
1Pat Cummins AUS908
2 Ravichandran Ashwin IND850
3 Neil Wagner NZ825
4 James Anderson ENG822
5 Josh Hazlewood AUS816
6 Tim Southee NZ811
7 Stuart Broad ENG792
8 Kagiso Rabada SA753
9 Mitchell Starc AUS744
10 Jasprit Bumrah IND739

ICC Test All-Rounders’ Rankings

SNPLAYERTEAMRATING
1Jason Holder WI407
2 Ben Stokes ENG393
3 Ravindra Jadeja IND386
4 Ravichandran Ashwin IND353
5 Shakib Al Hasan BAN352
6 Kyle Jamieson NZ293
7 Mitchell Starc AUS275
8 Colin de Grandhomme NZ258
9 Pat Cummins AUS249
10 Chris Woakes ENG238

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