After the Leeds Test, a big upset in the ICC Test rankings, Pant benefits Jadeja; Know the whole condition
India vs englandICC Test Rankings: After the Leeds Test, the latest ICC has seen a big upset in the Test rankings. On the one hand, while Team India’s wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has got the highest rank of career, on the other hand, senior all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been shocked in the bowling rankings. He was rewarded by Pant’s magnificent innings, but Jadeja found his simple performance expensive. Who else benefited in the ranking and who is harmed, know in the next report.
Even though Team India had suffered defeat in the Leeds Test between India and England, Rishabh Pant created history with his bat. Pant has got the highest career rank in the ICC Test rankings on the basis of brilliant innings of 134 in the first innings and 118 runs in the second innings. With this, Pant has also become the first Indian wicketkeeper batsman to reach 800 rating points in Test history. The special thing is that he has become only the second wicketkeeper in the world to score two centuries in the same Test, before that this feat was done only by Andy Flower of Zimbabwe.
India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill has also benefited from this match. After scoring a century in the first innings, he has climbed five places to 20th position. At the same time, the rankings of England’s Docket (8th), Oli Pope (19th) and Jamie Smith (27th) have also risen.
On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja, who gave 172 runs with just 1 wicket in the Leeds Test, has suffered a major setback. He is now out of the list of top-10 bowlers and has come at number 13. Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has also criticized Jadeja’s bowling and said that he did not use ‘Rough’ correctly on the fifth day.
However, Jadeja remains the number-1 all-rounder of Test cricket. On the other hand, England captain Ben Stokes has made it to the top-5 in the all-rounder rankings by contributing with bat and ball. Talking about Jasprit Bumrah, he has retained his top bowler ranking after taking 5 wickets hall in the first innings in Leeds, Joe Root of England remains the Test number-1 batsman.