Rishabh Pant on Wednesday overtook his superstar India teammate Virat Kohli to reach the sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batters. (More Cricket News)
Fresh from a co𝔉unter-attacking 99 in the secoꦓnd innings of the opening Test against New Zealand, Pant gained three spots in the rankings while Kohli, who made a fluent 70 in Bengaluru, dropped a place to be eighth.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal remains India's highest-ranked batter at four. India captain Rohit Sharma dropped two plac⛎es to be joint 15th alongside Sri La𝔉nka's Dimuth Karunaratne.
England star Joe Root maintains a healthy lead at the top of t𒉰he charts.
New Zealand duo of Rachin Ravindra (up 36 places to 18th) and Devon Conway (up 12 spots to 36th) also made good ground on the latest list for Test batters, while teamm🌠ate Matt Henry (up two rungs to ninth with a new career-high rating) was the big winner in bowlers' category.
Henry picked up eight wickets during the Black Caps' drought-breaking eight-wicket victory over India in Bengaluru, while teammate Will O'Rourke (up two spots to 39th) was also rewarded 𝓀for his seven scal🥂ps from the same match.
Pakistan spinner Noman Ali was re-instated at 17th on the rankings following his 11 wic𒁃kets across two innings against England, while teammate Sajid Khan gained 22 places to move to 50th after he was adjudged Player of the Match in the same contest.
India's pace spearhead remains at the top of the bowlers' rankings followed by teammaꦬte R Ashwin. Retaining the seventh sport, Ravindra Jadeja is another Indian in the top 10.
