Dubai: The opening of Rohit Sharma on Wednesday rolled into his captain Virat Kohli to become the top Indian Batsman after being placed fifth in the ranking of the latest ICC players.
Rohit Score from 19 and 59 in the third test lifted one place to the best fifth position of the career, seven ratings appoint more than Kohli for aggregate 773.
The last time someone other than Kohli was ranked top in Indonesia November 2017, when Cheteshwar Pujara Second and Kohli fifth.
Pic Credit: @ICC Twitter handles the latest update, Pujara has grown three slots to reach 15th place after the Innings both knocked 91 and was the fourth Indian in the list with Rishabh’s pants in front of him in the 12th place despite slipping four slots.
India Pacer Jasprit Bumrah also rides a place among Bowler, from 10 to ninth, while Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin static in second place behind Pat Cummins Australia.
Ravindra Jadyja and Ashwin held on to third place and their fourth in the all-rounder ratings, led by West Indies Jason Holders.
Luhur form British captain Joe Root in the ongoing world test championship series against India has helped him reclaim the top position for batters after almost six years.
Pic Credit: @ICC Twitter Handhe 30 years old has begun the series in fifth place but 507 runs in three tests has helped him overtake Kohli, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith and finally Captain New Zealand Kane Williamson, who now he leads by 15 ranking points .
Root was second before the Leeds exam, where he scored 121 the only innings in England.
The last root at number one in December 2015 before being followed by Williamson, with Kohli and Smith also reached the peak since then.
The last time someone apart from the fourth he was at the top was AB De Villiers South Africa in November 2015.
Root is now only one point under his career strip – points ranked 917, which he achieved in August 2015 after the 5-ining of Australia in Nottingham.
Only four other British batteries reached more ranking points – Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs, Peter May and Denis Compton.
Other British batteries to make progress in the update of the latest weekly ranks including opening openers (up five places 24) and Jonny Bairstow (up to two places up to 70), while Dawid Malan has re-entered the ranking in position 88 after scoring 70.
Among Bowler, British Veteran Pacer James Anderson has moved back to the top five, the four nutes in the match lifted them one place, while Match Players Ollie Robinson had advanced nine places 36 after the match seven.
Craig Overton has re-entered the ranking in the 73rd position with three Wickets in each round.
In the ranking of the T20i man, Ireland Paul Stirling rose one place to 23 with a score of 24 and 37 in their sustainable series against Zimbabwe, while Kevin O’Brien rose from 42 to 39 after scoring 25 and 60 in two matches played in Dublin .
Chetara Zimbabwe’s tendage has risen five places to 99 among Bowlers.
Rohit Sharma overtook Virat Kohli as the best rated Indian Batsman
