ICC Test Player Ranking: International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest ranking of Test players, in which the performance of Indian players has been seen. In fact, Indian team's young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has entered the top-10 in the rankings of Test batsmen for the first time. There has also been improvement in the ranking of captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, apart from this, the dominance of Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah continues in the ranking of bowlers.
Let us tell you that in the current series against England, the bat of the young opening batsman of the Indian team, Yashasvi Jaiswal, is speaking very well. He has scored 655 runs in the last four matches, which includes two double centuries. Due to his performance his ranking has also improved. In the latest ICC rankings for Test batsmen released on Wednesday, Yashasvi Jaiswal moved up two places to reach tenth position. He has achieved this position for the first time in his career. He has 727 rating points.
Rohit-Kohli also benefited
Captain Rohit Sharma and veteran batsman Virat Kohli have also benefited in the latest rankings of ICC Test batsmen. Rohit has moved from 13th to 11th position, he has 720 points. Kohli (727) has moved up one place to eighth. Let us tell you that Kohli is not a part of the England series due to personal reasons but despite this he has benefited. Despite the poor performance in the first Test, New Zealand's Kane Williamson (870) remains the number one Test batsman. He scored zero and 9 runs in Wellington.
England's Joe Root (799) has moved from third to second place. Australia's ace batsman Steve Smith (771) has slipped to third place. Smith's rating has fallen below 800 points for the first time since 2014. New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell remains at fourth position with a rating of 771 and Pakistan's Babar Azam remains at number 5 with a rating of 768.
Australia's Usman Khawaja remains at number 6 with a rating of 755 and Sri Lanka's Damuth Karunaratne remains at number 7 with a rating of 750. England's Harry Brook has moved up one place to number 9. Meanwhile, Australia's Travis Head has lost one place and Marnus Labuschagne has lost 5 places. Head has currently reached 12th position and Labuschagne has reached 13th position.
Jasprit Bumrah's dominance among bowlers continues
Talking about the ranking of Test bowlers, the reign of India's star pacer Jasprit Bumrah continues. He has 867 marks. Bumrah did not play in the fourth test. Spinner R Ashwin (846) is second and Kagiso Rabada (834) is third.
Australia's fast bowler Josh Hazlewood (822) and spinner Nathan Lyon (797) have benefited from good performance. Hazlewood has moved up one place to fourth while Lyon has moved up two places to sixth.
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