Star player replaces Harry Brook at No 1 position, not Shubman Gill, name is…, Jasprit Bumrah retains top spot

Team India suffered a heart-breaking loss in the third Test of the ongoing five-match Test series against England. Chasing 193 runs to win, Shubman Gill’s side lost by 22 runs at Lord’s in London on Monday.

The shocking reverse for India after their massive win in the second Test at Edgbaston also means there are some big changes in the ICC Test rankings. In the Test batter’s ranking, former England captain Joe Root has once again swapped places with his teammate Harry Brook after a brilliant century in first innings of Lord’s Test to return to the No. 1 position.

In the bowling department, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah continues to be at No. 1 slot after a five-wicket haul in the first innings at Lord’s while Australian pacer Scott Boland, who claimed a hat-trick in the third Test vs West Indies at Kingston has jumped up 6 places.

Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal slip in rankings

The Lord’s Test was not a happy one for the in-form Team India batters. Their captain Shubman Gill just managed scores of 16 and 6 in the two innings and as a result has slipped down to no. 9 from a career-best 6th place last week after a record-breaking Edgbaston Test.

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal also had a forgettable time in Lord’s Test, scoring only 13 and 0 in the two innings. As a result, he has slipped down one place to No. 5. Indian vice-captain Rishabh Pant was also down one place to 8th after scoring 74 and 9 in Lord’s.

Root’s scores of 104 and 40 in the third Test of the five-match ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series against India at Lord’s that the home side won by 22 runs to take a 2-1 lead, see him start his eighth stint at the top. At the age of 34, he is the oldest No. 1 Test batter since Kumar Sangakkara in December 2014, when the Sri Lankan was 37.

Changes in top five of Test batting rankings

The top five sees a rejig with Brook also slipping behind Kane Williamson to third position and Steve Smith overtaking Yashasvi Jaiswal to fourth in the latest weekly update that considers performances in the Lord’s Test as well as the Kingston Test between the West Indies and Australia, which the visiting side won by 176 runs to complete a 3-0 WTC series win.

Australia all-rounder Cameron Green’s scores of 46 and 42 in a low-scoring match have lifted him 16 places to joint-29th position. India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s valiant 61 not out that followed a first innings scores of 72 has lifted lifting him five places to 34th while KL Rahul is one spot behind him in 35th position, also gaining five positions with scores of 100 and 39.

Five Australians in top 10 of Test bowling rankings

The top five of the bowling rankings remains unchanged, Jasprit Bumrah’s seven wickets at Lord’s helping him maintain his 50-point lead over Kagiso Rabada. However, Boland’s three wickets in each innings that included a hat-trick in the second, has lifted him six places to a career-best sixth position as five from Australia are now in the top 10.

Boland, whose 62 wickets in Test cricket have come at just 16.53 apiece with only ICC Hall of Famers George Lohmann and Sydney Barnes having taken wickets at a better average, joins his four compatriots already in the top 10 – Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc. This kind of domination has not been seen since England had six bowlers in the top 12 in 1958.

The West Indies, who were shot out in the second innings for the second lowest ever score of 27, had some good news in the bowling rankings with Shamar Joseph’s eight wickets in the match enabling him to reach a career-best 14th position, with Alzarri Joseph (up two places to 29th) and Justin Greaves (up 15 places to 65th) also moving up.

India all-rounder Washington Sundar is another one to gain in the bowling rankings, his four second innings wickets taking him from 58th to 46th position.

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