Kane Williamson Becomes Number One Test Batter: Kane Williamson has reached the first place in the top-10 Test batting rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 5 July. The former captain of the New Zealand team has been continuously running out of the field since getting injured in the 16th season of IPL. Williamson has 883 rating points in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. On the other hand, Steve Smith, who scored a brilliant century in the Lord’s Test, has 882 rating points.
The name of only one Indian player is in the top-10 in the ICC Test batting rankings. That too wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who has not been able to return to the field since his injury in a car accident. In the latest rankings, apart from Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head are at number 3 and 4 positions from Australia. And on the number 7 position is the name of opening batsman Usman Khawaja.
Ashwin retains No. 1 bowler position in Tests
Indian team’s experienced off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has managed to retain his number-1 position in the latest ICC Test bowler rankings. Ashwin currently has 860 ratings. At the same time, Australian captain Pat Cummins is in second place in the ranking in bowling with 826 rating points. Apart from Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are also at the 8th and 9th places from India in the top-10 bowlers.
Ravindra Jadeja in first place in all-rounder ranking
In the Test rankings of all-rounder players, the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin occupy the first 2 places. Where Jadeja is in first place with 434 rating points, Ashwin is in second place with 352 rating points. Apart from this, Joe Root has also reached the 7th position in the ranking of all-rounder players with 272 rating points.
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