India opener Rohit Sharma has benefitted from his outing against England in the ongoing four-match Test series and attained his career-best Test spot at no.8 in the latest Test batting rankings released by the ICC.
Rohit, who had scored 161 in the second Test at Chennai, top-scored in the first innings with 66 and remained unbeaten on 25 in the second to move ahead of compatriot Cheteshwar Pujara among others. His rating points aggregate is 742, 20 more than his best of 722 in October 2019 when he was ranked 10th.
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Apart from him, Indian spinner Akshar Patel and R Ashwin also made solid gains after helping carve out crucial wins in Chennai and Ahmedabad. In bowling rankings, Ashwin has moved four spots and he now sits at the third spot in the Test rankings.
Meanwhile, Akshar, who made his debut in the second Test in Chennai, reached the 38th spot with his 11 wickets in Motera.
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England’s Jack Leach has entered the top 30 for the first time, moving up three places to 28th after taking four wickets. Also appearing is England captain Joe Root, whose maiden five-wicket haul in Ahmedabad Test, has resulted in him moving to 72nd spot in ICC bowler’s rankings.
Kane Williamson is currently ranked as the number one Test batsmen while Pat Cummins is the number one rated bowler in the rankings. Virat Kohli is at the fifth spot in batting rankings, while Cheteshwar Pujara has slipped to the tenth spot.
(ANI inputs)
