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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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