2024-09-25 14:23:13
Dubai: Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant made a comeback after a long time and scored a brilliant century in Tests. Due to this, he entered the sixth position in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday, but Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slipped in the list. Rishabh Pant (731 rating points) scored a century in the first match of the two-Test series against Bangladesh in Chennai.Yashasvi Jaiswal tops India, so Rohit suffers a big loss
He is sixth in the batsmen’s rankings while opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (751) has reached fifth place after scoring a half-century in the first innings of the Test match. Indian captain Rohit Sharma, however, has retained his place in the top 10 but he has slipped five places and remains at the 10th position. He has 716 rating points.
Virat Kohli out of top-10
Kohli also dropped five spots to drop out of the top 10 and is now 12th on the table. There was a change in the top 10 bowling rankings following the Sri Lanka and New Zealand Test in Galle, with Prabhat Jayasuriya jumping five spots to eighth after claiming nine wickets to establish himself as the best spinner in the game.
Jayasuriya (743 points) is the best-ranked Sri Lankan player across all three formats and has surpassed Asitha Fernando (700), who has dropped two spots to 13th. Kamindu Mendis has moved up to 16th in the batting rankings while Dhananjaya de Silva has moved up to 18th in the all-rounder rankings.
In the ODI rankings, Afghanistan’s young star Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Australia’s Travis Head have entered the top 10 in the batting rankings. Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan (668) has gained eight places to reach third spot in the ODI bowling rankings.