ICC Test Rankings: Rishabh Pant achieves career-best seventh position
What's the story
Team India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has rose to seventh in the latest ICC Test Rankings for Batsmen after a productive series against England. India beat England 3-1 and Pant smashed a fluent century in the fourth Test recently. Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin climbed places in the rankings for bowlers and all-rounders. Here we present the complete details.
Points
Pant shares points with Rohit and Nicholls
Pant has moved up seven slots and shares seventh place with Rohit Sharma, who has inched up one spot, and Henry Nicholls of New Zealand. All three batsmen have 747 rating points. The rating points are the joint-15th highest by any India batsman, and the highest by a full-time Test wicket-keeper from his country.
Batting
Williamson leads charge, Kohli fifth with 814 rating points
The ICC Test Rankings for Batsmen is led by New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, who has 919 rating points. He is followed by Australian duo Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne. Joe Root (831) occupies the fourth place as Kohli has 814 rating points and is fifth. Meanwhile, Babar Azam is sixth and David Warner is 10th with 760 and 724 rating points respectively.
Ashwin
Ashwin rises in both bowling and all-rounders rankings
India's ace spinner R Ashwin, who claimed 32 wickets in the series against England, has moved to second in the ICC Test Rankings for Bowlers. Ashwin rose one place and has 850 rating points. The premier off-spinner also witnessed a promotion in the ICC Test Rankings for All-rounders. Ash rose to fourth and has 353 rating points.
Bowling
James Anderson climbs two places to be fourth
Pat Cummins leads the show in the ICC Test Rankings for Bowlers. He has 908 rating points. New Zealand's Neil Wagner dropped a place to third. Veteran English fast bowler James Anderson climbed two spots and is fourth (822 points). The likes of Josh Hazlewood and Tim Southee dropped one place each. Jasprit Bumrah also dropped one place and is 10th.
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📈 James Anderson at No.4
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