In the ICC Test Batsmen Rankings, India’s Virat Kohli has dropped out of the top 20 and Rohit Sharma out of the top 25. Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill benefited in the latest ICC Test Rankings released on Wednesday. Ravichandran Ashwin reached the fifth position in the bowlers rankings.
New Zealand jumped one position to fifth in the Test Team Rankings. The team pushed Sri Lanka back. Australia is in the first position and India is in the second position.
Ravindra Jadeja remains at the top of the all-rounder’s list. R. Ashwin is in the second position.
Virat at number 22 in New ICC Test Rankings
Virat Kohli could score only one fifty in the home Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand. He scored 192 runs in 10 innings at an average of 21.33. Due to poor performance in 5 consecutive Tests, Virat lost 8 places and reached number 22 in new ICC Test rankings.
Virat dropped out of the top-20 Test rankings after 10 years. The last time he dropped out of the top-20 was in 2014 due to his poor performance against England. The same year, he returned to the top-10 by scoring 4 centuries in Australia. India is now going on a tour to Australia again from November 22.
Rohit reached 26th position, Pant benefited
Rohit Sharma also suffered a loss in the batsmen ranking, he moved from 24th to 26th position. India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant entered the top 10, and he reached sixth position. Shubman Gill also jumped 4 places to reach 16th position.
Indian Yashasvi Jaiswal remains the top Indian in Test batsmen. However, after the New Zealand series, he also lost one position and reached fourth position. England’s Joe Root is at first and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is at second position in the latest ICC Test rankings.
ICC Test Rankings Batters
| Rank | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Joe Root | England | 903 |
| 2 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 804 |
| 3 | Harry Brook | England | 778 |
| 4 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | 777 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | Australia | 757 |
| 6 | Rishabh Pant | India | 750 |
| 7 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 743 |
| 8 | Usman Khawaja | Australia | 728 |
| 9 | Saud Shakeel | Pakistan | 724 |
| 10 | Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 720 |
| 16 | Shubman Gill | India | 680 |
| 17 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 670 |
| 22 | Virat Kohli | India | 655 |
| 26 | Rohit Sharma | India | 629 |
Ashwin loses among bowlers
After the Test series against Bangladesh, India’s Jasprit Bumrah was at number one and Ravichandran Ashwin was at number two in the bowlers ranking. After the New Zealand series, Bumrah reached number three and Ashwin at number five. However, Ravindra Jadeja jumped two places to reach number six. South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada remains at number one and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood at number two.
ICC Test Rankings Bowlers
| Rank | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | 872 |
| 2 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | 847 |
| 3 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | 838 |
| 4 | Pat Cummins | Australia | 820 |
| 5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 815 |
| 6 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | 802 |
| 7 | Nathan Lyon | Australia | 801 |
| 8 | Prabath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 801 |
| 9 | Noman Ali | Pakistan | 759 |
| 10 | Matt Henry | New Zealand | 750 |
Jadeja has been the top all-rounder for two and a half years
India’s Ravindra Jadeja is still at the top of the all-rounder rankings. Ravichandran Ashwin is at number two, while Axar Patel slipped to number 8. Jadeja became the number-1 Test all-rounder for the first time in 2017, he regained the first position in March 2022. Jadeja has remained at number one since then.
ICC Test Rankings All-Rounder
| Rank | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | 432 |
| 2 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 296 |
| 3 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 274 |
| 4 | Jason Holder | West Indies | 270 |
| 5 | Joe Root | England | 262 |
| 6 | Mehidy Hasan | Bangladesh | 261 |
| 7 | Pat Cummins | Australia | 245 |
| 8 | Axar Patel | India | 244 |
| 9 | Chris Woakes | England | 229 |
| 10 | Ben Stokes | England | 218 |
India is the top team in ODIs and T20s
Even after losing the Test series 0-3 against New Zealand, India remains at number two in the team rankings. Australia is at the top. New Zealand has gained one position to reach number five. Team India remains the top team in ODIs and T20s.
| Rank | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 124 |
| 2 | India | 111 |
| 3 | South Africa | 105 |
| 4 | England | 103 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 100 |
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