Oct.11 (CRICKETNMORE) - Captain Faf du Plessis and Aiden Markram, century-makers at Bloemfontein, are among the batsmen to gain. Du Plessis’s 135 not out has seen him move up two places to 14th position while Markram has gained 43 slots to reach a career-best 61st position after his knock of 143.
For Bangladesh, Imrul Kayes has gained four slots to reach 69th position while pace bowler Subashish Roy has gained 18 slots to reach 86th position.
For Sri Lanka, who have overtaken Pakistan to take sixth position in the latest ICC Test Team Rankings, Dimuth Karunaratne’s scores of 196 and seven have seen him move up nine places to 17th position, the first time he is in the top 20. Niroshan Dickwella has gained two slots to reach 39th position and all-rounder Dilruwan Perera has gained 10 slots to reach 76th position.
Pakistan middle-order batsman Asad Shafiq, who scored his 11th Test century, has gained seven places to reach 28th position while captain Sarfraz Ahmed has gained one place to reach 32nd position.
Top 10 Test Batsmen in ICC Rankings (as on 11 October 2017)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 936
2 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 889
3 ( - ) K. Williamson NZ 880
4 ( - ) C. Pujara Ind 876
5 ( - ) David Warner Aus 807
6 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 806
7 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 795
8 (+1) Lokesh Rahul Ind 761
9 (+1) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 760
10 (-2) Azhar Ali Pak 755
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts
14 (+2) Faf du Plessis SA 718
17 (+9) D. Karunaratne SL 700
28 (+7) Asad Shafiq Pak 617
32 (+1) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 608
39 (+2) N. Dickwella SL 567
61 (+43) Aiden Markram SA 451
69 (+4) Imrul Kayes Ban 422
76 (+10) D. Perera SL 388
91 (+30) Liton Das Ban 353
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