On Wednesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) updated the player rankings, with star England batter Joe Root rising to the top.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) updated player’s rankings on Wednesday, and the top batter was none other than Joe Root. “Joe Root’s dream run with the bat has helped the England batter to an even bigger lead in the ICC Test Batter Rankings,” the ICC said in a statement. Root’s dominance at the bat continued to grow as he opened up a 63-point lead over Kane Williamson of New Zealand with consecutive tons.
Gus Atkinson, who won Player of the Match for his bat and ball exploits against Sri Lanka in the second Test, eclipsed Root even after his incredible performance, which resulted in huge leaps in all Ranking disciplines.
Atkinson went up 48 places, into the top 20 for All-Rounders, and into the top 30 for bowlers after becoming just the third player in Men’s Test history to make a century and take five wickets at the revered location.
Several Sri Lankan players saw advances in the most recent rankings update, after admitting defeat in two of the three-match series against England.
Kamindu Mendis’s half-centuries saw him climb 11 places and into 25th place (635), while Asitha Fernando’s eight-wicket effort sent the seamer into the top 10 for the first time (8th, 734).
Several Tigers gained from Bangladesh’s stunning clean sweep series victory over in Pakistan.
Litton Das’ 138 guided the team to a first innings 262, salvaging Bangladesh’s first innings, which was once in danger at 26/6. It also propelled him up 12 spots to 15th in the batting rankings. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who batted alongside him during the seventh-wicket stand of 165, rose to 75th position, while his 5-61 in Pakistan’s opening innings lifted him to 7th in the all-rounders list.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz, his partner in the seventh-wicket stand of 165, rose to 75th position with the bat and to 7th in the all-rounders list with his 5-61 in Pakistan’s opening innings. Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana, who bowl, advanced to career-best rankings.
The Dutch T20I tri-series with the USA and Canada and the West Indies’ final Twenty20 International against South Africa caused some little reordering in the shortest format standings.
With a score of 35 from 13 balls, Caribbean batsman Nicolas Pooran moved up to eighth place in the Batting Rankings (668), while fellow player Shai Hope extended his run by 32 places to 40th.The most notable bowling rise came from American all-rounder Harmeet Singh, who moved up 48 spaces and 19 places to 40th in the All-Rounder Rankings.
