After Historic Knock, Rishabh Pant Gets All-Time High ICC Test Ranking Of...
Rishabh Pant reached a career-high seventh in ICC Test rankings after twin centuries against England.
India's dynamic wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant achieved a career-high seventh position in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters on Wednesday, following his twin centuries in the series opener against England in Leeds.
India's new Test captain Shubman Gill advanced five places to 20th overall after scoring a century in the first innings of the match, which India lost by five wickets despite setting England a challenging target of 371.
Pant, who became only the second wicketkeeper to hit two hundreds in the same match during the first Test of the five-match series, climbed one spot in the rankings.
Until the 27-year-old Pant joined him, Zimbabwe's Andy Flower was the only wicketkeeper to have scored two centuries in the same Test match.
Rishabh Pant scored 134 and 118 in the thrilling Leeds Test that England won by five wickets.
There was little change in the rankings for Test bowlers, with India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah maintaining his top spot following another five-wicket haul in the Headingley Test.
Meanwhile, Ben Duckett, who was named Player of the Match for his scores of 62 and 149 in England's victory, rose five places to eighth in the rankings.
Duckett's teammates Ollie Pope (up three spots to 19th) and Jamie Smith (up eight places to 27th) also made significant progress.
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England veteran Joe Root remained the No.1 ranked Test batter, with teammate Harry Brook as his closest challenger.
England skipper Ben Stokes gained three places to move up to fifth in the list for Test all-rounders following solid performances with both bat and ball in the same game.
The drawn first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh saw several players making gains in the latest batters' rankings. Mushfiqur Rahim led the way, following his innings of 163 in Galle.
Rahim gained 11 spots to move to 28th for Test batters, while teammate Najmul Hossain Shanto jumped an impressive 21 places to reach 29th on the same list after scoring a pair of centuries in the same match.
(With inputs from PTI)
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