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England veteran Joe Root has increased his lead at the top of the ICC Men's Test Batting Rankings as young gun Abhishek Sharma joined white-ball greats Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav and became just the third Indian player to hold the No.1 spot for T20I batters.
Root increases his lead at the top of the rankings for Test batters following his innings of 150 at Old Trafford where he overtook Australian legend Ricky Ponting and became the second highest run-scorer in Test cricket.
His England teammate Ben Duckett also make gains and moves back inside the top 10 after he gained five places to jump to 10th overall after his knock of 94 from the same match.
Rishabh Pant moves a place to occupy seventh position in ICC Test Rankings; Jadeja reaches new career high to No. 24
India wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant also makes some ground inside the top 10 as he moves up one place to seventh on the back of his half-century in Manchester despite battling injury, with teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal dropping three spots to eighth.
India veteran Ravindra Jadeja earns a new career-high rating on the batting charts for his unbeaten century in the second innings and gains five spots to move to 29th overall, with England captain Ben Stokes improving eight spots to equal 34th on the same list.
Stokes also gains three place to jump to third on the rankings for Test all-rounders, while the top 10 in the list for Test bowlers remains unchanged as India pacer Jasprit Bumrah holds on to his lead as the No.1 ranked Test bowler.
(With Inputs from Press Release)
