File photo of former India Test captain Virat Kohli and keeper batsman Rishabh Pant.
great indian Virat Kohli In the latest ICC rankings for batsmen in the longest format, he jumped two places to reach seventh place after scores of 79 and 29 in his last Test as captain.
In the second innings of the series-deciding third Test against South Africa, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten century lifted him 10 places to 14th, while the pacer Jasprit BumrahSix wickets in Cape Town took him back into the top 10 in the bowling charts.
Kohli decided to step down as Test captain a day after losing the three-match series 1-2 against South Africa, ending his seven-year reign.
In the latest weekly update, keeping in mind the third match of the South Africa-India series in Cape Town, in which the hosts won the World Test Championship (WTC) series by seven wickets, Keegan Pietersen moved up to 68 places. After reaching 33rd place. Match Winning Scores of 72 and 82.
He scored the most runs to claim the Player of the Series award, his 276-run total helping him rise after starting the series in 158th position.
Temba Bavuma (up seven places to 28th) and Rassie van der Dussen (up 12 places to 43rd) are the other South African batsmen who have taken the lead on the fast bowlers. Kagiso Rabada (up two places to third) and lungi ngidi (up six places to 21st) has also made remarkable progress.
Australia’s Travis Head has climbed to a career-best fifth position among batsmen after his player-of-the-match performance in the fifth match of the Ashes series against England.
Head, who scored 101 in the first innings in Hobart and finished with a series of 357 runs that also won him the Player of the Series award, has moved up seven places to joint-fifth with India. Rohit Sharma,
Head’s previous best ranking was 10th, which he had captured last month.
All-rounder Cameron Green is another Australia player after a 146-run victory that helped Australia win the series 4-0 and climb to second place in the WTC points table.
Green was up 23 places to joint 66th after scores of 74 and 23 and has moved up 13 places to 62nd in the bowlers’ list. Scott Boland has moved from 49th to 43rd place with four wickets in the match.
England opener Jack Crawley has moved up nine places to 68th after scores of 18 and 36. Among his bowlers, Stuart Broad has moved up two places to 12th. Mark Wood (up seven places to 31st) has also moved up.
In the ODI player rankings, which consider the performance of the last two matches of the West Indies-Ireland series and the first two matches of the Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe series, Ireland off-spinner Andy McBrine has gained 17 places to break into the top 10 with two matches. The feat of taking four wickets.
West Indies spinner Akil Hossein has moved up two places to joint 59th.
In other major movements, Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams has moved up eight places to 40th after scores of 100 and 40, and Sri Lankan batsman Kariwasa Aslanka’s innings of 71 and 23 helped him move up 16 places to 52nd. have helped.
(Inputs from PTI)
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