Joe Root, Jasprit Bumrah Make Significant Gains In The Latest ICC Test Rankings

England Test skipper Joe Root and champion Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah have made significant gains in ICC Men’s Test Players Rankings following their stupendous performance in the first Test in Nottingham.

Joe Root led the English batting singlehandedly in the first Test as he ended up as the top-scorer in both innings. The champion English batter scored 64 in the first innings before smashing a classy 109 in the second to help the home side take a lead.

The dual knocks have earned Root as many as 49 rating points and the former No.1 ranked batter has leapfrogged his Indian counterpart, Virat Kohli to claim the 4th spot in the Test ranking for batters.

Jasprit Bumrah, on the other hand, was at his lethal best in the first Test as the right-hander hopped the ball corners at high pace to bamboozle the English batters. Bumrah claimed four wickets in the first innings and he went one step ahead in the second as he notched up his sixth five-wicket-haul in Test cricket to finish with match figures of 9/110.

As a result, Bumrah has galloped 10 slots to return into the top-10 list of bowlers. The right-handed pacer has moved to the 3rd spot.

Veteran pacer James Anderson [up one place to 7th], Ollie Robinson [up 22 places to 46th], and Shardul Thakur [up 19 places to 55th] are the other significant beneficiaries in the latest ranking update.

Meanwhile, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who scored a brilliant half-century in the first innings of the Nottingham Test, has progressed three places to 36th among batsmen while opener KL Rahul has reentered the rankings in 56th position following his brilliant knocks of 84 and 26 in the first Test. England’s Dom Sibley has moved four places to claim the 52nd spot.

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