Rishabh Pant Breaks Records, Climbs to Career-Best Test Ranking
India’s aggressive wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has reached a career-best 7th place in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters. This comes after Rishabh Pant scored two centuries in the first Test against England in Leeds.
Shubman Gill Shines as Captain, Jumps into Top 20
India’s new Test captain, Shubman Gill, also moved up in the rankings. He jumped five spots to reach 20th after scoring a century in the first innings of the same match.
Even though India lost the match by five wickets, despite giving England a tough target of 371 runs, both Pant and Gill’s performances stood out. Pant became only the second wicketkeeper in Test history to score two hundreds in the same match.
Before the 27-year-old Rishabh Pant joined him, Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower remained the sole stumper with two centuries in the same Test match. Rishabh Pant struck 134 and 118 in the thrilling Leeds Test that England won by five wickets.
There was little change in the rankings for Test bowlers, with India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah maintaining his place at the top of charts following yet another five-wicket haul in the Headingley Test.
England’s Ben Duckett, Smith, and Pope Make Ranking Gains
Ben Duckett, who was named Player of the Match for his scores of 62 and 149 in England’s win, moved up five spots to reach 8th place in the ICC Test rankings.
Other England players also saw gains. Ollie Pope climbed three spots to 19th, while Jamie Smith jumped eight places to 27th after strong performances.
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Joe Root and Harry Brook Continue to Lead the Pack
Joe Root stayed at the top as the No.1 ranked Test batter, with teammate Harry Brook right behind him in second place. England captain Ben Stokes also improved his ranking. He moved up three spots to 5th among Test all-rounders, thanks to his all-round performance with both bat and ball in the same match.
The drawn first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh saw several players from both sides climb the ICC Test batters’ rankings.
Mushfiqur Rahim led the charge for Bangladesh after scoring 163 runs in Galle. He moved up 11 spots to reach 28th in the rankings. His teammate Najmul Hossain Shanto made an even bigger leap, jumping 21 places to 29th after scoring two centuries in the same match.
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