ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli and Siraj among big gainers, Babar drops; Rohit Sharma races into Top 10

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ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli and Siraj among big gainers, Babar drops; Rohit Sharma races into Top 10


Image Source : GETTY Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah have been the architects of India’s win in Cape Town in opposition to South Africa

The International Cricket Council (ICC) up to date the rankings on Tuesday, January 9 which noticed Indian superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma make big features so far as the batters have been involved whereas tempo duos of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj and Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood for Australia made an enormous soar as nicely. Since each India and Australia gained their respective Test matches in Cape Town and Sydney, their gamers bought the big jumps whereas Pakistan celebrity Babar Azam dropped on the batters listing.

Kohli, who was the main run-getter for India within the two Test matches on robust pitches in Centurion and Cape Town, jumped three locations to No.6 place whereas Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who gave optimistic begins rose 4 locations to No.10 place. Rohit’s resurgence meant the likes of Travis Head and Saud Shakeel, who had below-par performances with the bat in three-match Test sequence, dropped out of Top 10.

Babar Azam, who had a highest rating of 41 in the entire sequence, additionally dropped a few locations to No. 8. Among different batters who rose have been Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, who with a few good knocks moved up three locations to No. 4 whereas Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan with a half-century in Sydney moved to joint sixteenth place after rising by 10 locations.

Among bowlers, Indian speedster Mohammed Siraj who registered his career-best figures of 6/15 within the first innings in opposition to South Africa within the second Test climbed up by 13 locations to the seventeenth spot whereas Jasprit Bumrah, who had 12 wickets to his identify in his return-to-Tests sequence, moved up by one place to No. 4. 

Australian skipper Pat Cummins displaces South African (*10*)Kagiso Rabada from his No.2 spot with three five-wicket hauls in a row, two within the Boxing Day Test and then within the first innings on the SCG. Josh Hazlewood, was one other big jumper so far as the bowlers have been involved, who ran riot within the second innings as he flew off to joint-seventh place alongside James Anderson after an increase of 4 spots. 

There have been no adjustments within the high spots with Kane Williamson at No.1 within the batting listing and India’s R Ashwin within the bowling.





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