{"id":105833,"date":"2024-08-01T02:06:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/english-star-goes-top-in-icc-test-batting-rankings-rohit-babar-gain-places-in-updated-standings\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T02:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:06:08","slug":"english-star-goes-top-in-icc-test-batting-rankings-rohit-babar-gain-places-in-updated-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/english-star-goes-top-in-icc-test-batting-rankings-rohit-babar-gain-places-in-updated-standings\/","title":{"rendered":"English star goes top in ICC Test batting rankings; Rohit, Babar gain places in updated standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/07\/indiatv-2024-07-31t154130-1722420703.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"English star goes top in ICC Test batting rankings; Rohit, Babar gain places in updated standings\" title=\"English star goes top in ICC Test batting rankings; Rohit, Babar gain places in updated standings\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> England players celebrating during the ENG vs WI Test match in Nottingham on July 21, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">England&#8217;s star cricketer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a> claimed the top spot in the updated ICC men&#8217;s Test batting rankings on Wednesday, July 31. Root replaced New Zealand&#8217;s star batter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kane-williamson\" rel=\"noopener\">Kane Williamson<\/a> at the top of the standings after stellar performances in the recent Test series against West Indies.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old right-handed batter was the top run-getter in the recent red-ball series at home. Root scored 291 runs in just four innings with the help of one century and two fifties as England thrashed the Caribbean side 3-0 to take the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England&#8217;s Harry Brook witnessed a big drop in the standings despite scoring a century and fifty in four innings against West Indies. Brook slipped four\u00a0places to seventh position in the updated standings. Brook&#8217;s shocking drop helped <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/babar-azam\" rel=\"noopener\">Babar Azam<\/a>, Daryl Mitchell, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/steve-smith\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Smith<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> gain a place each\u00a0in the rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICC Men&#8217;s Test batting rankings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Joe Root (England) &#8211; 872 ratings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kane Williamson (New Zealand) &#8211; 859\u00a0ratings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Babar Azam (Pakistan) &#8211; 768 ratings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) &#8211; 768 ratings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Steve Smith (Australia) &#8211; 757 ratings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Rohit Sharma (India) &#8211; 749 ratings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<p>Meanwhile, there were no changes to the top ten of ICC men&#8217;s Tets bowling rankings on Wednesday. Mark Wood, who picked seven wickets in the third Test in Birmingham, gained six places to jump to the 20th position in the rankings. India&#8217;s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dominates the top spot with his compatriot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/ravindra-jadeja\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravindra Jadeja<\/a> and Australia&#8217;s Josh Hazlewood jointly sitting in the second position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s Test all-rounder rankings, English skipper Ben Stokes gained a place after an impressive show against West Indies. Stokes scored 192 runs and took five wickets to jump to sixth position in the rankings. The veteran pace all-rounder Chris Woakes jumped three places up to the ninth spot in the updated rankings after wrapping the West Indies series with 134 runs and 11 wickets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/english-star-goes-top-in-icc-test-batting-rankings-rohit-babar-gain-places-in-updated-standings-2024-07-31-944541\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY England players celebrating during the ENG vs WI Test match in Nottingham on July 21, 2024 England&#8217;s star cricketer Joe Root claimed the top spot in the updated ICC men&#8217;s Test batting rankings on Wednesday, July 31. 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