Rishabh Pant overtakes Virat Kohli in ICC Test rankings: Indian cricket team batsman and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has overtaken veteran player Virat Kohli in the Test rankings recently announced by ICC. Pant overtook Kohli to reach sixth position in the list of batsmen in Test cricket. Pant has jumped 3 places in the points table.
Virat Kohli, who scored 70 runs in the first Test match against New Zealand, has now come to eighth place in the ranking of batsmen. Indian cricket team's opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is at fourth place in the ranking of Test batsmen. Indian team captain Rohit Sharma has moved up two places to reach 15th position along with Sri Lanka's Dumith Karunaratne. The England batsman, who is in excellent form at the moment, has maintained his dominance by being at the top of this list.
New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway have made great leaps in this list. Rachin moved up from 36th to 18th and Conway jumped 12 places to 36th. In the category of bowlers, New Zealand's Matt Henry has reached 9th place. Which is the best performance of his career so far. Henry took 8 wickets in the first test against India. Apart from this, New Zealand team bowler Williams Orke has also improved by 2 places and reached 39th position. He took 7 wickets in the first test.
Pakistan's spinner Noman Ali, who took 11 wickets in the second Test against England, is in 17th place. While Sajid Khan has improved by 22 places to reach 50th position. Sajid was awarded the title of Player of the Match in the Test match against England. Apart from this, India's star bowler Jasprit Bumrah is at the top position in this list. Spinner R in second place. Ashwin remains at this position. Whereas Ravindra Jadeja is in the top-10 in this list.