Indian Test captain Shubman Gill has reached the top six in the Test batsmen rankings for the first time. He jumped 15 places in the ICC rankings released on Wednesday. This is Gill’s best ranking in Tests so far. Gill played innings of 269 and 161 runs in the Edgbaston Test. He got the benefit of this. There are three Indians in the top ten rankings of batsmen. Yashasvi Jaiswal is fourth and Rishabh Pant is seventh. In the bowling rankings, pacer Jasprit Bumrah has remained at the top for 32 weeks. In the all-rounder’s list, Ravindra Jadeja has remained number-1 for 174 consecutive weeks. Two England batsmen in the top-2 in the batting rankings
In the top-10, England’s Brook is at number-1 and Root is at number-2. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is third, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is fourth and Australia’s Steve Smith is at fifth place. Wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith, who scored 184* and 88 runs against India in the Edgbaston Test, has also gained 16 places and has now reached the 10th position. South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder, who scored 367* against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, has reached the 22nd position with a gain of 34 places. Bumrah is the only Indian in the bowlers rankings
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah remains at the top in the bowling rankings. He has remained at this position for 32 consecutive weeks. Mohammad Siraj, who took seven wickets in the first innings at Edgbaston, has reached the 22nd position with a gain of six places. Among all-rounders, Jadeja has been at the top for 174 consecutive weeks
Wiaan Mulder has also benefited in the all-rounder list and has jumped 12 places to reach the third position. Ravindra Jadeja is at the top in the list. Jadeja has remained on top for 174 consecutive weeks. ———————– Read this sports news too… Will Shubman break Bradman’s record: Team India’s test captain Shubman Gill is close to creating history in England by scoring the most runs in a series. He has scored 585 runs by scoring 3 centuries in just 2 tests. By scoring 390 more runs in 3 tests, Shubman will become the player with the most runs in a series. In this case, he will break the 95-year-old record of Australian legend Donald Bradman. Read the full news…
