ICC Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma overtakes Virat Kohli to take 5th spot
ICC Test Rankings: While England captain Joe Root reclaimed the top spot for batters in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings after nearly six years, Rohit Sharma has overtaken the Indian skipper Virat Kohli in the elite list.
Rohit Sharma overtook captain Virat Kohli to become the top-ranked Test batter from India. The opener's scores of 19 and 59 have lifted him one place to a career-best fifth position, seven rating points more than Kohli for an aggregate of 773.
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The last time someone other than Kohli was the top-ranked India batter was in November 2017, when Cheteshwar Pujara was second and Kohli was fifth.
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In the latest update, Pujara has progressed three slots to reach 15th position after his second innings knock of 91 and is the fourth Indian on the list with Rishabh Pant still ahead of him in 12th place despite slipping four slots. Jasprit Bumrah has risen among bowlers, from 10th to ninth.
On the other hand, Joe Root started the series in the fifth position but his 507 runs in three Tests helped him overtake Virat Kohli, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, and finally, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, whom he now leads by 15 rating points in ICC Test Rankings.
Root was second before the Leeds Test, in which he scored 121 in England's only innings. Root was previously at the number one position in December 2015 before being overtaken by Williamson, with Kohli and Smith also reaching the pinnacle since.
The last time someone apart from these four was at the top was South Africa's AB de Villiers in November 2015.
Root is now only one point below his career-best aggregate of 917 rating points, which he achieved in August 2015 after his innings of 130 against Australia in Nottingham. Only four other England batters have achieved more rating points -- Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs, Peter May, and Denis Compton.
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