The New Zealand cricket team became the number one team in the Test rankings for the first time in its 90-year history and 24 hours later New Zealand captain Kane Williamson became the number one batsman in the Test batting rankings, surpassing India’s Virat Kohli and Australia’s Steven Smith. went.
Williamson had the advantage of playing a century in the first Test against Pakistan at Mount Maunganui. He got 13 rating points and finished the first position behind Virat and Smith. Virat remains in second place in the latest Test rankings released on Thursday, while Smith has slipped to third position after losing his top spot due to disappointing performance in the second Test of the Test series against India.
In the Kiwi captain rankings, Virat has got 11 points ahead of Virat and 13 points ahead of Smith. Williamson has 890 points, Virat has 879 points and Smith has 877 points. Virat has returned home after playing the first Test in Australia and Ajinkya Rahane is replacing him as captain of the team. Rahane, who led India to an eight-wicket victory under his captaincy in Melbourne, has improved five places thanks to his 112 and 27 not out innings in the Boxing Day Test and has again become one of the top 10 batsmen. Rahane has reached the sixth position and is one place behind his best ranking of the fifth position achieved in October last year.
On the other hand, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has benefited from his five-wicket performance in Melbourne and has moved up two places to number seven, while fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has moved up to ninth place.
In addition to scoring 57 runs in the second Test in Melbourne, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who took three wickets, remains in the third place in the all-rounder rankings, but has reduced his distance from second placed Jason Holder of West Indies to seven points. . Holder has 423 and Jadeja has 416 marks. England’s Ben Stokes continues to hold the top spot with 446 points. Jadeja got the benefit of his great performance in the Boxing Day Test and has improved his ranking by 11 and four respectively to move up to 36th and 14th in batting and bowling rankings.
Opening batsman Shubman Gill and pacer Mohammed Siraj, who made a memorable Test debut in Melbourne and played a key role in India’s eight-wicket victory, entered the Test rankings at 76th and 77th respectively. Young batsman Gill scored 45 and 35 not out, batting fearlessly against the Australian attack, while Siraj, who impressed with his speed and discipline, took five wickets in the match.
India’s most experienced batsman Cheteshwar Pujara suffered a loss of two places to a disappointing performance in Melbourne and has slipped to 10th position. Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc has reached his best fifth ranking due to four wickets in Melbourne. Matthew Wade has moved up from 55th to 50th, while Cameron Green has moved up to number 115 with an improvement of 36 places.
