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Australia's 214-run win over the defending champions of the ICC World Test Championship makes a massive shuffle in the ICC rankings for the batters in the Test format. Because of the dominating performance in Durban, multiple Aussie batters have gained massively in the latest ICC Test rankings.
On October 14, the International Cricket Council (ICC) released the updated list of the players' rankings for the longest format of the game. The Player of the Durban Test match, Matthew Renshaw, is probably the biggest gainer in the ranking updates. Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood also made a few forward steps in the rankings, while his teammate, Mitchell Starc, remains at the helm of the ICC rankings for the Test bowlers.
Matthew Renshaw and Josh Hazlewood are among the gainers
Matthew Renshaw played a massive role for the Baggy Greens in defeating South Africa, the home side. The middle-order batter played a 190-run knock in the first innings and followed it up with an 82 in the second. After the pair of match-defining knocks, the southpaw, who was outside the most of hundred batters in the Test rankings of the batters before the Durban match, has made huge progress to equal 49th position overall.
Matthew Renshaw's teammate and former No.1 ranked Test batter Marnus Labuschagne, whose form remains under the scanner, moved up four places to 34th for continuing well in both innings of the match.
Among the bowlers, the rise of Josh Hazlewood is noticeable. He dismantled the South African batting order in the second innings by taking 6 wickets after claiming a brace in the first innings. Due to his fine performance with the ball, Hazlewood moved up two spots to seventh overall on the list for Test bowlers.
Yashasvi Jaiswal slips in the ICC rankings for Test batters
Meanwhile, despite the loss to the former world champions, experienced South African batter Aiden Markram secured some progress. The opener scored 37 and 75 in the first and second innings of the Durban Test match, respectively, for South Africa and rose four steps to equal the 10th position on the Test batters' list.
Aiden Markram moved four steps to equal the to 10th spot of the ICC Test Rankings for the Test batters; India National Cricket Team opener Yashasvi Jaiswal went out of the top ten. The young Indian opener slipped one place to settle down to 12th position. Sri Lankan star batter Kamindu Mendis is between Markram and Jaiswal.
Ravindra Jadeja remains on top of the rankings
The list of the Test batters is topped by the England Test team vice-captain Harry Brook with 861 rating points, with Australian star Steve Smith at second with 822 points. New Zealand's top-order batter Rachin Ravindra gained one step to surpass the South African captain Temba Bavuma and captured the 5th position in the standings.
In the list of Test all-rounders, Indian stalwart Ravindra Jadeja remains at the top of the list with 422 rating points.
