Kane Williamson is close to reclaiming the number-one spot in the ICC Test rankings. He has moved up four slots to take the second position in the list led by Australia's Marnus Labuschagne
ICC rankings saw a major shift after the recent Test series came to an end. Ravichandran Ashwin reclaimed the first spot while Virat Kohli moved up to the 13th position. Kohli broke a 1205-day drought of century. Rishabh Pant (ninth) and Rohit Sharma (10th) as India players are ahead of hi
It has been a close race between England seamer James Anderson, India veteran Ravichandran Ashwin and Australia captain Pat Cummins in recent weeks and there is now a tie at the top after the ICC updated their weekly rankings list on Wednesday.
Ashwin claims the top spot among bowlers after taking six wickets in his most recent performance, in India's emphatic victory over Australia in the second Test, with Anderson dropping to second place after England's stunning loss to New Zealand in the Wellington Test.
The left-arm bowler is the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar series with 17 wickets from the two Tests and has galloped to the ninth spot in the bowler rankings
The spin twins haunted Australia in the first Test between the two leading nations in the current cycle of the ICC World Test Championship with a combined 15 wickets as India won by an innings 132 runs
Australia, the No.1 side in the ICC Men's Test Rankings as well as the ICC Test Championship 2023, are gearing up perhaps for their toughest challenge in the ongoing cycle yet - the four-match Test series in India.
Ashwin has moved up one slot and is joint-fourth among bowlers along with Jasprit Bumrah after finishing with six wickets in the match. He has also inched up three places to 84th among batters following a crucial knock of 42 not out in the second innings that enabled a three-wicket victory a
The victories for Australia, England and India in their respective recent Test matches have seen a host of their stars climb the charts on the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings.
Labuschagne has consolidated his position at the top of the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings with a career-best 937 rating points after compiling his third three-figure knock in the two-match ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series against the West Indies.
Labuschagne, who was just two points behind Root before the two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Tests completed over the past week, now enjoys a healthy lead at the top even as Root has slipped to fourth place behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam.