Indian players performed brilliantly in the 5-match Test series against England. Its effect can also be seen on the latest ICC Test rankings. Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli are in the top-10 but this time Shubman Gill and Sarfaraz Khan have also made huge gains in the Test rankings.
Shubman Gill jumped 11 places
Shubman Gill, one of the star batsmen of the Indian team, failed in some innings while playing at number three. But after failing in the first test of the series against England, he performed brilliantly and scored 452 runs. Shubman Gill has scored 2 double centuries in this series. The effect of this is that in the ICC Test rankings announced this time, Shubman Gill has made a huge jump of 11 places. He is now tied at 20th place with Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal. This time his rating is 664.
Sarfaraz again joins top-100
Talking about Safraz Khan, this was his debut series. In the very first series, Sarfaraz made many new records and secured his place in the top-100 of the ICC Test rankings. This time Sarfaraz Khan has made a huge jump of 15 places in the rankings announced by ICC. Now it has reached 89th position with 355 ratings. He was earlier included in the top 100 but then dropped out, but has now rejoined.
3 Indian batsmen included in top-10
The special thing about this ranking is that 3 Indian batsmen have been successful in securing their place in the top-10. First of all, Rohit Sharma has reached sixth position with 751 rating. On the basis of good performance, he has jumped 5 places. Rohit's fellow opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has reached number 8 with a rating of 740. He has gained two places. Even though Virat Kohli is away from the England series, he still remains in the top 10. This time Virat Kohli remains at ninth position with 737 rating.