Indian star Virat Kohli jumped two places to seventh on Wednesday after scores of 79 and 29 in his last Test as captain in the latest ICC rankings for batsmen in the five-day format.
Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten century in the second innings of the series-decisive third Test against South Africa lifted him 10 places to 14th, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s six in Cape Town saw him return to the top 10 in the bowling charts. Got it.
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Kohli decided to step down as Test captain a day after losing the three-match series 1-2 against South Africa, ending his seven-year reign.
In the latest weekly update, keeping in mind the third match of the South Africa-India series in Cape Town, in which the hosts won the World Test Championship (WTC) series by seven wickets, Keegan Pietersen moved up to 68 places. After reaching 33rd place. Match Winning Scores of 72 and 82.
He scored the most runs to claim the Player of the Series award, his 276-run total helping him rise after starting the series in 158th position.
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Temba Bavuma (up seven places to 28th) and Rassie van der Dussen (up 12 places to 43rd) are the other South African batsmen, while pacers Kagiso Rabada (up two places to third) and Lungi Ngidi (up six places to 21st). ) has also made remarkable progress.
Australia’s Travis Head has climbed to a career-best fifth position among batsmen after his player-of-the-match performance in the fifth match of the Ashes series against England.
Head, who scored 101 in the first innings at Hobart and finished with a top-ranking 357 of 357, which also earned him the Player of the Series award, has moved up seven places to joint-fifth with India’s Rohit Sharma. .
Head’s previous best ranking was 10th, which he had captured last month.
All-rounder Cameron Green is another Australia player after a 146-run victory that helped Australia win the series 4-0 and climb to second place in the WTC points table.
Green was up 23 places to joint 66th after scores of 74 and 23 and has moved up 13 places to 62nd in the bowlers’ list. Scott Boland has moved from 49th to 43rd place with four wickets in the match.
England opener Jack Crawley has moved up nine places to 68th after scores of 18 and 36. Among his bowlers, Stuart Broad has moved up two places to 12th. Mark Wood (up seven places to 31st) has also moved up.
In the ODI player rankings, which consider the performance of the last two matches of the West Indies-Ireland series and the first two matches of the Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe series, Ireland off-spinner Andy McBrine has gained 17 places to break into the top 10 with two matches. The feat of taking four wickets.
West Indies spinner Akil Hossein has moved up two places to joint 59th.
In other major movements, Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams has moved up eight places to 40th after scores of 100 and 40, and Sri Lankan batsman Kariwasa Aslanka’s innings of 71 and 23 helped him move up 16 places to 52nd. have helped.
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