Star India batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been hit onerous within the newest ICC Test rating for batters. In the aftermath of India’s humiliating 10-wicket loss to Australia within the Adelaide pink-ball Test final week, Kohli and Rohit endured huge drops after the most recent replace on Wednesday. While Kohli dropped six spots to the twentieth spot, Rohit is out of the highest 30 as he at present sits on the thirty first spot after dropping 5 locations. Kohli, who appeared to regain his mojo after slamming his thirtieth century within the Perth Test, seemed out of coloration in Adelaide, managing scores of seven and 11 final week.
Rohit, alternatively, dropped all the way down to no. 6 within the batting order. However, he managed simply 9 throughout each the innings in Adelaide. Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant are the one Indians at present ranked inside the highest 10.
While Jaiswal is 4th, Pant dropped three locations and at present holds the ninth spot. Behind them, Shubman Gill is the subsequent finest ranked Indian, with the teenager at present 17.
In an enormous growth, Harry Brook overtook Joe Root to grab the highest spot on the most recent ICC Men’s Test Batter Rankings.
“A changing of the guard at the top of the Test batter rankings, while stars from Australia and South Africa make big gains on the updated list,” ICC acknowledged in a press release.
Joe Root’s reign as the most effective participant on the planet got here to an finish as rising England star Harry Brook confirmed his climb to the highest by claiming the No.1 spot for the primary time on the most recent ICC Men’s Test Batter Rankings.
Brook overtakes Root to grab the premier Test batter rating on the again of his eighth Test century towards New Zealand in Wellington final week, with the England right-hander now holding on to a slender one-point benefit over his extra skilled teammate on the high. of the rankings checklist.
The rise of Brook to a complete of 898 score factors is only one greater than Root’s present haul of 897 and sees the 25-year-old be a part of India nice Sachin Tendulkar with the equal thirty fourth highest score of all time for Test batters.
Root has held high spot since he leapfrogged former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson in July this yr and has been within the premier place a complete of 9 instances over his glittering profession.
(With ANI Inputs)
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