Harry Brook dethrones Joe Root, takes over as new number 1 Test batter in latest ICC rankings

England batter Harry Brook dethroned his teammate Joe Root and rose to the number 1 spot on the ICC Test batter rankings. This comes after Brook played a sensational knock of 123 in the second New Zealand Test which was held in Wellington.

Though Root also scored a tremendous century in the second innings of the same match, Brook was able to pip him by a point on the rankings. The latter topped the Test batter list with 898 rating points while the former finished with 897 rating points.

Brook’s form this year in Test cricket has been nothing short of exceptional as he is among the 3 players that have scored over 1000 runs in the format this year alongside Root and India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal.

With 4 centuries scored so far this year in red-ball cricket, Brook is the player with the third-most centuries in the longest format this year behind Root (6 tons) and Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis (5 tons).

Meanwhile, Indian players faced a massive decline in the Test batter rankings. This comes following Australia’s dominant 10-icket victory over the Men in Blu where the India batters massively underperformed.

Star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both went down in the rankings. The former lost 5 places and dropped to the 31st spot while the latter lost 6 places and went down to the 20th spot. Shubman Gill also lost 5 places and dropped to the 17th spot while Rishabh Pant lost 3 places and dropped to the 9th spot. There was no change in Jaiswal’s ranking and he remained on the 4th spot.

Elsewhere in the ranking, Australia’s Travis Head jumped to the 5th spot following a brilliant century against India while South Afrca’s Temba Bavuma gained 3 places and reached the 7th spot in the ranking following the Proteas’ series whitewash over Sri Lanka.

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