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  • ICC Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slip in batting charts, Joe Root again in prime 3

    ICC Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma, who threw his wicket away on Day 1 of the Indore Test in opposition to Australia, slipped to No. 9 within the newest batting charts. Harry Brook rose 15 spots to No. 16.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 1, 2023 14:50 IST

    ICC Test Rankings: Rohit and Kohli slip in batting charts, Root again in prime 3 (AP Photo)

    By India Today Sports Desk: India captain Rohit Sharma dropped to the No. 9 spot within the ICC Test Batting Rankings, up to date on Wednesday, March 1. The India captain slid 2 spots after managing two 30-plus scores within the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Rohit started the sequence with a century within the Nagpur Test however the skipper has not managed to get going since.

    On Day 1 of the Indore Test, Rohit Sharma was out stumped for 12 when he tried to cost down the observe and hit left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann out of the park. Rohit appeared disenchanted as he threw away his wicket after successful the toss for the primary time within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and opting to bat.

    Rohit Sharma bought begins in each the innings within the Delhi Test however he was dismissed for 32 and 31.

    Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant dropped 2 spots to No. 8 within the batting rankings. Pant has not performed Test cricket since India’s tour of Bangladesh in December 2022. The star batter has been out of motion after struggling a number of accidents in a horrific automotive crash in December.

    Former captain Virat Kohli additionally dropped a spot to No. 16 within the newest batting charts. Kohli has been struggling for consistency in Test cricket. Kohli, who has not scored a Test hundred since November 2019, managed simply 265 runs in 6 Tests in 2022. He has begun the New Year on a poor observe, scoring 98 runs in 5 innings within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli appeared good on tough batting situations in Delhi and Indore however he was not capable of convert his begin into a giant knock.

    While Kohli’s limited-overs kind appears to be witnessing an upswing, the previous No. 1 batter has not been capable of finding consistency in whites.

    BROOK GOES LEVEL WITH KOHLI

    England’s Joe Root moved into the highest 3 in ICC Test batting rankings after his 153 not out within the 2nd Test between New Zealand and England in Wellington. Root leapfrogged Babar Azam and Travis Head to the third spot in batting charts.

    Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith stay first and second respectively amongst Test batters.

    New Zealander Tom Blundell is a brand new arrival within the prime 10, rising 4 locations to seventh after he helped the Black Caps to their well-known follow-on victory by one run within the second Test in opposition to England.

    England younger gun Harry Brook continues his meteoric stand up the batting rankings after one other excellent century, climbing 15 locations to attract stage with Virat Kohli in sixteenth.

    Brook has been in beautiful kind, scoring 800-plus runs, together with 4 lots of, in 5 Tests as he’s laying down an early marker within the longest format of the sport.

    ICC TEST RANKINGS FOR BATTERS (AS OF MARCH 1)

    1. Marnus Labuschagne
    2. Steve Smith
    3. Joe Root
    4. Babar Azam
    5. Travis Head
    6. Kane Williamson
    7. Tom Blundell
    8. Rishabh Pant
    9. Rohit Sharma
    10. Dimuth Karunaratne
    16. Harry Brook
    17. Virat Kohli

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    Mar 1, 2023

  • ICC apologises after incorrectly naming India as No.1 Test workforce over Australia

    After naming India because the world’s top-ranked Test workforce on Wednesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday morning apologised for briefly and “erroneously” itemizing India as primary.

    Later, the ICC clarified that Australia was nonetheless ranked first in Test matches. One-day and Twenty20 rankings are each led by India.

    “The ICC acknowledges, for a short period of time on February 15, 2023 that, due to a technical error, India were erroneously displayed as the No.1 Test team on the ICC website.”

    “We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

    Meanwhile, India may have historical past on their facet when the second Test begins on Friday at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, the place the hosts haven’t misplaced a Test match since 1987.

    While workforce India’s head coach Rahul Dravid says that they won’t be carried away by the information and can concentrate on their recreation within the coming days.

    “We don’t look at previous history and go back in time,” Dravid advised reporters. “We cannot get carried away by that. Australia are an experienced team and have good players who know they want to come back,” he stated.

    Dravid additionally cleared the air round Shreyas Iyer’s availability for the second India-Australia Test beginning on February seventeenth.

    “It is always good to have somebody back from injury. We never like to lose people to injuries and it is never nice for a team, nice for that individual and glad that he (Iyer) is fit. We will take a call after a couple of training sessions,” Dravid stated on Iyer’s health.

    “Today, he has done some training. We will again assess it tomorrow as well when he comes in for a light hit and see how he feels,” the top coach added. “But certainly, if he is ready to take the load of a five-day Test match, then without doubt, with his performances in the past, he will walk straight into the side,” he additional added.

  • India vs New Zealand: This is the Rohit Sharma I like, says Sanjay Manjrekar lauds attacking method

    Indian vs New Zealand: India captain Rohit Sharma introduced an finish to his ODI century drought in Indore. Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar lauded the captain for taking part in an aggressive innings.

    Indore,UPDATED: Jan 24, 2023 23:25 IST

    Rohit Sharma broke his ODI century drought after three years. (Courtesy: AP)

    By India Today Web Desk: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has lauded Rohit Sharma’s method within the ODIs. Rohit’s India reached the highest of the ICC rankings after defeating New Zealand in a three-match sequence. The captain led the cost with aggressive batting on the prime, that noticed him hit a century within the last ODI match of the sequence in Indore.

    India vs New Zealand, third ODI: Highlights

    Rohit scored a sensational century and partnered with Shubman Gill to hit 212 runs of the primary wicket. Speaking after the match, Sanjay Manjrekar lauded the captain and mentioned that he actually like this model of Rohit that may assault from the phrase go.

    “I like this Rohit Sharma, in this T20s as well. This is the way to play. 100s have to be incidental, they have to be the byproduct of the way which you play and when India sets a platform like that, despite a collapse, India had a lot of runs on the board. This is the Rohit Sharma I like,” Manjrekar advised the host broadcaster after the match.

    The ranked 2 facet on this planet (now third) had been lacking a number of essential gamers from their line-up, however for Manjrekar that didn’t matter since India had been dominant in all three ODIs.

    “New Zealand were missing three or four key players, but that does not take anything away from India, especially tonight where they lost the toss,” Manjrekar mentioned.

    “India put the runs on the board, so much so that it almost makes the opposition chase the total down despite the dew advantage. This is something that you can keep looking at and enjoy,” the previous batter additional added.

    India gained the ultimate recreation of the sequence by 90 runs, which took them to the highest of the ODI rankings. Manjrekar identified the margin of victory advert mentioned it exhibits India’s domination within the recreation.

    “When a team is sent to bat first after losing the toss, the team that bats second generally gets very close but look at the margin today – a win by 90 runs. So well done by the batters and the bowlers,” Manjrekar concluded.

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    Kingshuk Kusari

    Published On:

    Jan 24, 2023

  • ICC Test rankings: KL Rahul beneficial properties 18 locations; Shami, Bumrah too transfer up

    India opener KL Rahul has made an enormous achieve of 18 slots to achieve the thirty first place amongst batters within the newest ICC Test rankings after his Player-of-the-Match effort that helped India defeat South Africa by 113 runs within the first Test.
    With the win in Centurion, India took a 1-0 lead within the three-match sequence which is part of the World Test Championship (WTC).
    Rahul, whose greatest within the format is eighth place that he attained in November 2017, struck 123 within the first innings and was related in an essential 117-run opening partnership with Mayank Agrawal (60) as India turned the primary Asian staff to win a Test match on the venue whereas gaining essential factors within the WTC factors desk.
    Agarwal has gained one place for his contribution, whereas Ajinkya Rahane is up two locations to twenty fifth within the newest replace that’s carried out on Wednesdays and contains all matches which might be accomplished by Tuesday every week.
    Fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami are different Indians to maneuver up the rankings.
    Bumrah was up three spots to ninth after ending with 5 wickets within the match whereas Shami’s eight wickets, together with a five-for within the first innings, noticed him transfer up two locations to seventeenth.

    For South Africa, captain and opener Dean Elgar has progressed two spots to 14th after a preventing 77 within the second innings, whereas Temba Bavuma was up 16 locations to thirty ninth for his scores of 52 and 35 not out.
    Kagiso Rabada, who grabbed seven scalps, has superior one place to sixth place whereas his fellow quick bowler Lungi Ngidi has gained 16 slots and is thirtieth on the listing after ending with eight wickets within the match.
    Debutant left-arm quick bowler Marco Jensen entered the rankings in 97th place.

  • ICC Test Rankings: R Ashwin rises to second, Mayank Agarwal jumps to eleventh

    Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed a rung to second whereas his teammate and opener Mayank Agarwal, together with New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel additionally made enormous progress within the ICC Test Rankings issued on Wednesday.
    Agarwal’s Player of the Match effort within the second Test in Mumbai, the place he scored 150 and 62, has helped him acquire 30 spots and attain eleventh place within the newest replace to the lads’s rankings.
    He is only one spot beneath a career-best tenth place that he first attained in November 2019.
    The Mumbai-born Patel, who turned solely the third participant to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings, emulating Jim Laker and Anil Kumble, has moved up 23 slots to thirty eighth after ending with 14 wickets within the match.
    The left-arm spinner’s earlier greatest rating was 53rd and he had began the sequence in 62nd place.

    R Ashwin strikes as much as the No.2 spot within the newest @MRFWorldvast ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings for all-rounders.
    Full record: https://t.co/vrogyWdn0u pic.twitter.com/RwPzCXd57J
    — ICC (@ICC) December 8, 2021
    Others to maneuver up within the rankings after the Mumbai Test, which was part of the ICC World Championships, are India opener Shubman Gill (up 21 locations to forty fifth), quick bowler Mohammad Siraj (up 4 locations to forty first) and New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell (up 26 locations to 78th).
    Ashwin has bridged the hole with top-ranked bowler Pat Cummins after ending with 4 wickets in every innings in India’s 372-run victory.
    Ashwin has gained 43 ranking factors to achieve a complete of 883 and is 67 factors forward of third-placed Josh Hazlewood.
    He has moved up one place to second amongst all-rounders whilst his compatriot Ravindra Jadeja has slipped to fourth within the record led by West Indies’ Jason Holder.
    Holder has gained one spot to achieve 14th amongst bowlers in Wednesday’s replace, that additionally considers performances from the Galle Test that Sri Lanka received by 164 runs to finish a 2-0 sequence victory and stay atop the ICC World Test Championship factors desk.
    Kraigg Brathwaite (up 10 locations to thirty ninth) and Nkrumah Bonner (up 17 locations to forty second) are the batters to maneuver up for the West Indies however the one to achieve essentially the most after the Galle Test is Player of the Match Dhananjaya de Silva, who has superior 12 locations to twenty first after his unbeaten 155 within the second innings.
    Spinners Lasith Embuldeniya and Ramesh Mendis too have made substantial beneficial properties. Embuldeniya has gained 5 slots to achieve thirty second place after ending with seven wickets within the match, whereas Mendis has progressed 18 locations to thirty ninth with an 11-wicket match haul.
    Among batters, Rohit Sharma, who didn’t play within the Mumbai Test, and Virat Kohli (0 and 36) remained on fifth and sixth respectively.

  • ICC Test Rankings: Shreyas Iyer enters checklist; Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli retain spots

    Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued to be best-placed Indians within the batting chart, whereas off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin additionally held on to the second spot amongst bowlers within the newest ICC Test Player rating launch on Wednesday.
    While Rohit (fifth), Kohli (sixth) and Ashwin retained their spots, pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped one place to the tenth place.
    Save Ashwin, all the opposite three gamers weren’t a part of the primary Test in opposition to New Zealand which resulted in a attract Kanpur on Monday.
    Debutant Shreyas Iyer’s Player-of-the-Match effort of 105 and 65 helped him enter the batting rankings in 74th place, whereas opener Shubman Gill (up six locations to 66th) and Wriddhiman Saha (up 9 locations to 99th) additionally made notable progress after notching half-centuries within the first Test.
    Ravindra Jadeja is up two locations to nineteenth amongst bowlers with 5 wickets within the match and can also be up one place to second amongst all-rounders. Ashwin is the third-ranked all-rounder and 79th amongst batters.

    Afridi, Jamieson, Latham and Karunaratne on the cost 👊
    All the most recent modifications within the @MRFWorldwide Test participant rankings 👉 https://t.co/sBZWT92hhH pic.twitter.com/4dHZoUV67z
    — ICC (@ICC) December 1, 2021
    For New Zealand, Tom Latham’s knocks of 95 and 52 positioned him again within the prime 10 amongst batters as he goes up from 14th to ninth.
    Kyle Jamieson is ninth amongst bowlers, his three wickets in every innings leading to a acquire of six locations.
    Tim Southee has gained 15 score factors to succeed in inside one level of second-placed Ashwin (840) after his eight-wicket match haul.
    The newest weekly replace additionally consists of the primary Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies at Galle, which the hosts gained by 187 runs and the opening Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
    Pakistan quick bowler Shaheen Afridi made it to the highest 5 for the primary time in his profession after a wonderful present within the first Test which his facet gained by eight wickets.
    The 21-year-old left-arm bowler, who grabbed seven wickets together with a haul of 5 for 32 within the second innings of the Chittagong Test, has moved up three locations to fifth place after overtaking James Anderson, Kagiso Rabada and Neil Wagner.
    Shaheen’s new-ball accomplice Hasan Ali jumped 5 locations to a career-best eleventh after ending with the same seven-wicket match haul that included a five-for within the first innings.

    Among batters, Abid Ali could have missed out on a century in every innings however his scores of 133 and 91 helped him shoot up 27 slots to a career-best twentieth place, whereas Abdullah Shafique enters the rankings at 83rd with scores of 52 and 73.
    For Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim is up 4 locations to nineteenth with scores of 91 and 16, whereas Liton Das has moved up 26 locations to a career-best thirty first place after accruing 114 and 59.
    Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam has progressed two locations to twenty third after an eight-wicket match haul that included seven scalps within the first innings.
    Sri Lanka, whose win of their first match of the ICC Test Championship put them on prime of the desk, additionally had some enhancements after the Galle Test.
    Captain Dimuth Karunaratne’s Player-of-the-Match effort of 147 and 83 has lifted him 4 locations to seventh, whereas Angelo Mathews (up two locations to twenty third) and Dinesh Chandimal (up 4 locations to forty sixth) have additionally moved up.

  • After Lord’s century, KL Rahul jumps 19 spots to thirty seventh, Kohli stays fifth in ICC Test rankings

    Riding on his good century towards England within the second Test at Lord’s, KL Rahul jumped 19 spots to thirty seventh place, whereas his skipper Virat Kohli continued to stay India’s top-ranked batsman at fifth place within the newest ICC rankings launched on Wednesday.
    Rahul, who had re-entered the rankings in 56th place final week, had scored 129 in India’s first innings towards England to play an enormous function in his facet’s 151-run win.
    Kohli, who had dropped a spot final week, remained static at fifth, whereas opener Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant additionally retained their sixth and seventh spots respectively.
    England captain Joe Root, who began the sequence in fifth place and overtook Kohli after the primary match towards India, has risen one other two slots to be at second place after the second Test. He is on 893 ranking factors, solely eight lower than New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson.
    India’s Ravindra Jadeja moved down a spot to 3rd in Test all-rounders’ rankings, which additionally options senior India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on the fourth spot.

    In the bowlers’ checklist, India speedster Jasprit Bumrah dropped a spot to tenth whereas his fellow pacer Mohammad Siraj, who took 4 wickets in every innings at Lord’s, made vital positive factors, climbing 18 spots to achieve thirty eighth place.
    England veteran James Anderson has gained one spot and is sixth after a five-wicket haul within the first innings whereas his tempo colleague Mark Wood occupies the thirty seventh spot.
    Pakistan captain Babar Azam moved up two slots to eighth place after scores of 30 and 55 within the first Test towards West Indies in Kingston.
    For the West Indies, who gained by one wicket, Jermaine Blackwood has gained 9 slots to achieve thirty fifth place after getting 22 and 55. All-rounder Jason Holder is up 5 locations to forty third and captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who missed a first-innings century by three runs, has superior 18 locations to forty fifth.

    Holder has additionally moved into the highest 10 for bowlers, his 4 wickets within the match lifting him two locations to ninth place. Fast bowler Jayden Seales has soared 39 locations to 58th after his eight-wicket match haul whereas Kemar Roach is one other gainer, transferring up two locations to eleventh.
    For Pakistan, left-arm quick bowler Shaheen Afridi has gained 4 slots to achieve 18th place after taking 4 wickets in every innings.

  • India retain high spot in ICC Test Team rankings after annual replace

    India remained the primary Test facet after the annual replace of the ICC crew rankings, launched on Thursday.
    India head the desk after gaining one ranking level for an combination of 121, having accrued 2914 factors from 24 matches.
    Virat Kohli’s males are intently adopted by their World Test Championship last opponents, New Zealand, with a ranking of 120. The Kiwis have garnered 2166 factors from 18 Tests and gained two ranking factors.
    India’s 2-1 win over Australia and 3-1 win over England over the previous 12 months and New Zealand’s 2-0 collection wins over the West Indies and Pakistan have helped them preserve forward of the pack.
    According to an ICC assertion, the newest annual replace eliminates outcomes of 2017-18.
    The newest replace charges all matches performed since May 2020 at 100 per cent and people of the earlier two years at 50 per cent.

    ↗️ England overtake Australia↗️ West Indies transfer up two spots to No.6
    India and New Zealand stay the highest two sides after the annual replace of the @MRFWorldbroad ICC Test Team Rankings.
    📈 https://t.co/79zdXNIBv3 pic.twitter.com/tUZsgzkE0z
    — ICC (@ICC) May 13, 2021
    England (109 ranking) have climbed a spot to 3rd on the expense of Australia (108 ranking), right down to fourth now.England’s soar got here after their 0-4 defeat to Australia in 2017-18 was dropped from the rankings.
    Pakistan (94) have gained three factors however remained at fifth spot, whereas West Indies (84), who beat Bangladesh 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Sri Lanka in collection performed this 12 months, have jumped two locations to sixth, their greatest place since 2013.
    South Africa (80) and Sri Lanka (78) have dropped a rung every to seventh and eighth positions respectively, adopted by Bangladesh (46), who’ve misplaced 5 factors and Zimbabwe (35), who gained eight factors.
    The Proteas, thus, have equalled their lowest in Test rating historical past.
    India and New Zealand will sq. off within the inaugural World Test Championship last at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl from June 18 to 22.

  • ICC Test rankings: Virat Kohli regular at 4th, Cheteshwar Pujara rises to sixth place

    Virat Kohli remained the highest-placed Indian batsman at fourth place whilst Cheteshwar Pujara rose a rung to sixth within the newest ICC Test rankings issued on Saturday.
    Apart from Kohli (862) and Pujara (760), Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (748) is the opposite Indian batsman within the top-10, hanging on to the eighth spot.

    Significant modifications within the newest @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Player Rankings for batting 🏏
    Full record: https://t.co/gDnVaiQl0W pic.twitter.com/PPRDZKvuMp
    — ICC (@ICC) January 30, 2021
    Pujara moved up one place to sixth, whereas wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and star opener Rohit Sharma remained static on the thirteenth and 18th spots respectively.
    New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (919) continued to steer the batting charts, with the Australian duo of Steve Smith (891) and Marnus Labuschagne (878) rounding up the highest three whereas England skipper Joe Root (823) retained the fifth spot.

    Among the bowlers, veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (760) and tempo ace Jasprit Bumrah (757) retained their eighth and ninth spots respectively.
    Pat Cummins (908) continues to steer the chart adopted by England pacer Stuart Broad (839) and New Zealand’s Neil Wagner (835).
    Ravindra Jadeja (419) and Ashwin (281) additionally retained the third and sixth place, respectively, within the all-rounders’ record led by England’s Ben Stokes (427).

  • Virat Kohli loses second spot to Steve Smith in rankings for Test batsmen, Pujara strikes as much as eighth

    Image Source : BCCI/GETTY IMAGES File images of Virat Kohli (left) and Steve Smith.
    India skipper Virat Kohli was on Tuesday pushed to the third spot by Australian batsman Steve Smith within the ICC Test rankings for batsmen however middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara gained two locations to be quantity eight.
    Kohli has 870 factors within the newest chart, issued on Tuesday. The Indian captain had pulled out of the continued Australia sequence after the primary Test to go on paternity depart. He and his actor spouse Anushka have been blessed with a child lady on Monday, the day India eked out a preventing draw within the third Test in Sydney.

    Smith (900 factors) is positioned second behind New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (919). The Australian had scores of 131 and 81 within the Sydney Test.
    Williamson’s epic 238 within the second Test in opposition to Pakistan in Christchurch has helped him attain the very best ever-rating factors by a New Zealand participant and consolidate his place on the prime of the checklist.

    Pujara, whose dogged half-centuries (50, 77) within the third Test helped India draw the match, is positioned eighth, simply behind his stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who misplaced one place.
    Rishabh Pant’s scores of 36 and 97 have helped him achieve 19 locations to achieve twenty sixth place.
    Hanuma Vihari (52nd) and Ravichandran Ashwin (89th) too have gained after their preventing knocks, as has Shubman Gill (69th).
    Meanwhile within the bowlers’ checklist, off-spinner Ashwin dropped two positioned to ninth and is adopted by compatriot Jasprit Bumrah, who misplaced one spot. No different Indian figures in bowlers’ top-10.
    Pat Cummins continues to guide the chart adopted by British pacer Stuart Broad and New Zealand’s Neil Wagner.