Virat Kohli rises, while Travis Head attains career-best spot in latest ICC Test players’ rankings

Head scored two centuries in Ashes 2021-22 and ended up with Player of Series award.

In the latest iteration of the ICC Test Players’ rankings, Indian batters have seen a rise and fall both, namely Virat Kohli, who has risen in the rankings, while Rohit Sharma fell a spot due to missing the series because of an injury.

Virat Kohli has moved up two places to seventh after scores of 79 and 29 in his last match as Test captain. Rishabh Pant's unbeaten century in the second innings has lifted him 10 places to 14th. Rohit Sharma, who was earlier on the fifth position, dropped one place to sixth, as a hamstring injury led to him missing the whole tour.

Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah re-entered the top ten rankings thanks to his superlative performance with the ball.

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However, the biggest gainer was Australia's Travis Head, who reached a career-best fifth position among batters in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings after his Player of the Match performance in the fifth match of the Ashes 2021-22 series against England.

Head, who scored 101 in the first innings in Hobart, his second century of the Ashes 2021-22, to finish with a series topping 357 runs that also got him to clinch the Player of the Series award, has advanced seven spots to fifth.

Here is the latest ICC Test players’ rankings:

(ANI inputs)