The three Tests, at Mirpur, Rawalpindi, at Pune, resulted in significant overhaul in the ICC Test rankings.
Test batters
Despite India’s defeat at Pune, Yashasvi Jaiswal made 30 and 77 to rise one place to regain the third place, displacing Harry Brook. With 903 points, Joe Root maintained a 90-point lead at the top over Kane Williamson.
Saud Shakeel’s 134 at Rawalpindi, on the other hand, helped him leap 20 places to reach seventh spot. Rachin Ravindra, too, gained eight spots, and is now 10th on the charts. Among South Africans, Kyle Verreynne’s hundred helped him jump from 46th to 32nd.
The Indian stars, on the other hand, suffered massive drops: Rishabh Pant slipped from sixth to 11th, Virat Kohli from eighth to 14th, and Rohit Sharma from 15th to 24th. Jaiswal is the only Indian in the top ten now.
Top 10 Test batters:
Joe Root (903)
Kane Williamson (813)
Yashasvi Jaiswal (790)
Harry Brook (778)
Steve Smith (757)
Usman Khawaja (728)
Saud Shakeel (724)
Marnus Labuschagne (720)
Kusal Mendis (716)
Rachin Ravindra (711)
Test bowlers
Kagiso Rabada’s 3-26 and 6-46 helped him become the new top-ranked Test bowler in the world. A wicketless Test resulted in Jasprit Bumrah sliding two places to third. Despite taking five wickets, R Ashwin, too, dropped two places to fourth. As a result, Josh Hazlewood is the second-ranked bowler. Ravindra Jadeja, too, got only three wickets at Pune, and slid from sixth to eighth.
The stars of Rawalpindi, on the other hand, gained considerably on the bowling chart. Noman Ali (3-88 and 6-42) leapt from 17th to ninth, while Sajid Khan (6-128 and 4-69) rose from 50th to 38th. The biggest jumps, however, belong to Mitchell Santner (7-53 and 6-104 to rise from 74th to 44th) and Washington Sundar (7-53 and 4-56 to go from 110th to 53rd).
Top 10 Test bowlers:
Kagiso Rabada (860)
Josh Hazlewood (847)
Jasprit Bumrah (846)
R Ashwin (831)
Pat Cummins (820)
Nathan Lyon (801)
Prabath Jayasuriya (801)
Ravindra Jadeja (776)
Noman Ali (759)
Matt Henry (743)
Test all-rounders
Despite India’s defeat, Jadeja and Ashwin held on to the top two spots, but two wickets in the first innings and 97 runs in the second helped Mehidy Hasan Miraz displace compatriot Shakib Al Hasan (who is unlikely to play Test cricket again) at the third place. Root fell out of the top five and Ben Stokes out of the top ten.
Top 10 Test all-rounders:
Ravindra Jadeja (434)
R Ashwin (315)
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (294)
Shakib Al Hasan (280)
Jason Holder (270)
Joe Root (262)
Axar Patel (248)
Pat Cummins (245)
Chris Woakes (229)
Matt Henry (222)
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