(Pooja Dubey, Intern Journalist) Indian captain Virat Kohli occupies the second place in the list of Test batsmen in the latest ranking released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday, while Chris Woakes and Shaan Masood, who performed brilliantly in the first Test match between England and Pakistan, ended on Saturday. Has made a quantum leap.
At the top of the batsmen’s list is Australia’s Steve Smith, Kohli in second place, and Williamson of New Zealand in third place. Among the top 10 batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara eighth and Ajinkya Rahane 10th remain on their rankings as before.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam is sixth, while England captain Joe Root is in ninth place. Ben Stokes, who played zero and nine runs in the first Test against Pakistan, slipped from fourth to reach the seventh position. Left-handed batsman Masood, who scored 156 runs in the first innings of the Test match.
England all-rounder Chris Woakes move up to the 78th rank in the batsmen’s list with an improvement of 18 places. He reached the seventh position in the all-rounders’ list.
Butler moved from 44th to 30th in the game rankings of 38 and 75 runs. Ollie Pope, who scored 62 in the first innings, reached a career-best 36th.
Jasprit Bumrah of India is in eighth place. There is no change in the top five spots in the all-rounder’s list. Stokes is at the top. Ravindra Jadeja of India is third and R Ashwin is in fifth place. England has strengthened its position to third place in the ICC World Test Championship table.
England has got 266 points, 30 points less than second-placed Australia. India is on top with 360 points while New Zealand 180 points are fourth and Pakistan 140 points are in fifth place.
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