ICC Test Rankings: Team India's batsmen performed unsatisfactorily in the first Test match against England last week. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Rishabh Pant bore the brunt of their poor performance by losing points in the latest ICC Test rankings.
Kohli's Loss Is Root's Gain
Team India captain Virat Kohli is now at fifth place in the latest ICC Test Batting rankings. Kohli could not open his account in the only innings he played in the first Test match, as a result, he came down a place to be at the fifth position in the latest ICC Test Batsman rankings. England captain Joe Root has replaced him in fourth place. Root won the Man of the Match award by playing innings of 64 and 109 runs in the Nottingham Test. This gave him 49 rating points.
Bumrah Returns To Top 10 Test Bowling Rankings
Jasprit Bumrah gained owing to his good bowling performance in the 1st Test match against England. Indian fast bowler returned to the top 10 Test bowler rankings after a hiatus. Bumrah, who reached his career-best third ranking in September 2019, took nine wickets in the Nottingham Test match and is now at the ninth position in the latest ICC Test rankings, scaling 10 places.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant remained at the sixth and seventh positions respectively. But both players have lost points.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has moved up three places to 36th position in the batting list while KL Rahul has returned to the Test rankings at 56th position with innings of 84 and 26 runs in the Nottingham Test.
Jadeja finished second in the latest all-rounders' ranking list with a gain of one place. India's senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is placed at fourth position in the list.