The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the latest rankings of Test and T20 players on Wednesday. England's star batsman Joe Root once again won the number-1 crown in the Test rankings. He defeated compatriot Harry Brook to take the top spot.
Joe Root's reign
Joe Root has now reached the first position in the ranking of Test batsmen with 895 rating points.
- Previous performance: In the third Test against New Zealand, Root played important innings of 54 and 32 runs.
- Performance of Harry Brook: Brook scored only 1 run in the same match and could not even open the account in the first innings.
- Brook lost 22 points and slipped to second place with 876 points.
Kane Williamson's third position
New Zealand's legendary batsman Kane Williamson is in third place with 867 points.
- Previous Performance: He played a brilliant inning of 156 runs in the third Test, which was his 33rd Test century.
- Williamson is now only 28 points away from Root.
Two Indian batsmen in top-10
- Yashasvi Jaiswal: Fourth position with 811 marks.
- Rishabh Pant: At ninth position with 724 points.
- Other Indian batsmen:
- Virat Kohli (661) at 20th place.
- Rohit Sharma (595) at 30th place.
- Gabba Test Hero: Australia's Travis Head (781) is in fifth place.
T20 Ranking: Akil Hussain becomes number-1 bowler
West Indies spinner Akil Hussain has topped the rankings for T20 bowlers.
- With 707 points, Akil left England's Adil Rashid behind.
- Adil Rashid: Second place with 701 marks.
- Akil's performance:
- In the first T20 against Bangladesh, he took 2 wickets for 13 runs.
- However, West Indies lost that match by 7 runs.
Other T20 bowlers
- Third place: Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga (696).
- Fourth place: Australia's Adam Zampa (694).
- Indian representative:
- Arshdeep Singh: Eighth position with 657 marks.
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