ICC Rankings: Brook Jumps To Fourth Place, Rizwan Enters Top 10

In the most recent ICC rankings update, Harry Brook of England and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan were the players who moved up the list. When Brook played for England against Sri Lanka in Manchester, he scored 32 and 56 runs. He went from seventh to fourth in the standings as a result of these knocks.

The fifth-ranked player in England Harry Brook has risen three spots to the fourth spot in the Test ICC rankings after helping England defeat Sri Lanka 1-0 at Old Trafford with scores of 56 and 32. Among Test batsmen, Joe Root continues to hold the top spot, followed by Daryl Mitchell and Kane Williamson.

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Joe Root Holds No. 1 Spot in ICC Rankings

After England‘s victory in the first Test of their series against Sri Lanka in Manchester, experienced right-hander Joe Root continued to hold the top spot among Test batters in the world ICC rankings. Saud Shakeel, the deputy captain of Pakistan, is not far behind after moving up one spot to take 13th place overall after scoring a century of his own against Bangladesh. Following his five wickets against England in Manchester, Indian tweaker Prabath Jayasuriya moved up one spot to ninth for Sri Lanka.

Additionally making some gain were Sri Lankan Asitha Fernando (up ten places to 17th) and English seamer Chris Woakes (up four places to 16th). While right-armer Naseem Shah of Pakistan (up four spots to 33rd) and England’s Gus Atkinson (up four places to 42nd) set new career-best ratings as a result of their recent strong performances. Woakes advanced to the eighth position on the list of Test all-rounders, surpassing only India spinner Ravindra Jadeja by one spot in the ICC rankings.

Rizwan Up to 10th

Following a golden duck and 22 in Pakistan’s first-ever Test loss to Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, Babar Azam fell six spots to ninth in the ICC rankings. While Rohit Sharma, Steven Smith, and Brook passed him. With scores of 171 not out and 51 on that Test. Muhammad Rizwan—one of Pakistan’s few bright spots—rose seven places to share 10th place with Usman Khawaja after placing. The other centurion from Pakistan, Saud Shakeel, moved up one spot to take 13th in that match.

After hitting a career-high 191, Mushfiqur Rahim, the hero of Bangladesh’s historic Test victory, moved up seven spots to 17th in the ICC rankings. left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka moved up one spot to ninth among bowlers after taking five wickets in Manchester. After the 3-0 demolition of South Africa, Nicholas Pooran of the West Indies jumped three ranks to rank ninth among T20I batters.

His teammates Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie moved up to rank second and third among bowlers, respectively, behind only Adil Rashid of England. This followed a three-Test series in which he scored 197 runs in four innings against the West Indies. With 16 matches played so far, the Yorkshireman has had an incredible start to his Test career, averaging almost 60 and striking at nearly 90 percent. Jamie Smith rose 22 spots to No. 42, and Kamindu Mendis, who hit 113 for Sri Lanka, went up eight spaces to No. 36 in the ICC rankings.

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Article originally written by Zartash Zulfiqar