Jaiswal overtakes Rohit, Joe Root’s advantage and Babar Azam’s disadvantage
ICC Test Rankings Yashasvi Jaiswal : New rankings have been released by the ICC after the fourth Test of the series played between India and England. The special thing in this is that India’s young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has again benefited, he has left his captain Rohit Sharma behind, he is standing on the verge of entering the top 10 soon. On the other hand, Pakistan’s Babar Azam has suffered a loss. Former England captain Joe Root, who scored a century against India, seems to be benefiting this time again.
Joe Root got the benefit of century, reached number 3 directly
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson occupies the number one position in the latest ICC Test rankings. His rating has now reached 893. Steve Smith is at second place with a rating of 818. That means there has been no change in the ranking of top 2 this time. Meanwhile, former England captain Joe Root is getting the benefit of the century he scored in the fourth Test innings against India. Now he has jumped 2 places straight to number 3. His rating has become 799, which was 766 earlier.
Loss to Daryl Mitchell and Babar Azam
New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell and Pakistan’s Babar Azam have suffered the loss of Joe Root. Mitchell has dropped one place to No. 4 with a rating of 780 and Babar Azam has moved to No. 5 with a rating of 768. Babar also had to go down one place. Usman Khawaja is at number 6. Sri Lanka’s Damuth Karunaratne has gained one place, moving to number seven with a rating of 750. Marnus Labuschagne has also gained two places. They have managed to jump straight to number 8 with a rating of 746 and a jump of two places. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli and England’s Harry Brook have lost two places each. Virat Kohli now remains at number 9 with a rating of 744 and Harry Brook remains at number ten with a rating of 743.
Yashasvi Jaiswal reached 12th place
Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s amazing work continues. He has jumped three places and reached number 12. Not only this, he has also managed to overtake Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant. In the earlier ranking, Jaiswal was at 15th place with a rating of 699, now his rating has increased to 727. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is at 13th with a loss of one place and Rishabh Pant is at 14th. If Yashasvi Jaiswal’s bat works even in the last match of the series, he has the potential to be in the top 10. Presently his rating is 727 and the rating of the number ten batsman is 743, which means there is not much difference in the ratings. It remains to be seen how Jaiswal’s bat performs in the last match on the Dharamshala ground.
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