Root Overtakes Kohli In ICC Test Rankings; Rishabh Pant Creates A Record

England captain Joe Root’s match-winning 218 in the first Test against India has helped him advance two places to third position in the ICC test rankings. He has overtaken counterpart Virat Kohli in

Joe Root enters top three
Babar Azam, Ben Stokes move up one spot
Virat Kohli slips to No.5

A lot of changes in the latest @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Player Rankings for batting

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— ICC (@ICC) February 10, 2021

Rishabh Pant’s knock of 91 in the first innings has helped him become the first full-time wicketkeeper from India to reach 700 rating points as he retained 13th position among batsmen. 

Kyle Mayers, whose scores of 40 and 210 not out helped script an epic win in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, has entered the rankings in 70th position with 448 rating points, the best by a West Indian batsman on debut and the second-best ever on debut after RE Foster in 1903. 

After leading Pakistan to a 2-0 sweep over South Africa Babar Azam has moved ahead of India’s premier Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. Babar is now at 6th place in the ICC test batsmen rankings. 

Anderson moves up three spots to No.3
Ashwin, Bumrah climb up

Bowlers make significant gains in the latest update of the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Player Rankings.

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— ICC (@ICC) February 10, 2021