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Other South African batsmen have also taken tremendous advantage in the ranking. However, captain Temba Bavuma was not a part of this match, due to which he suffered losses and Rishabh Pant of India has left him behind and reached the sixth position. Pant is close to the best (5th) ranking of his career, which he achieved in July 2022.
Delhi: In the ICC’s men’s Test rankings, many batsmen have made a big jump on the basis of great performance this week. These include Australia’s Travis Head, Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nisanka and South African debutant Luan-Dre Pretorius.
In the first match of the three -Test series played between Australia and West Indies, Travis Head played important innings of 59 and 61 runs. Thanks to his performance, he has returned to the top 10 by jumping three places in the ranking of batsmen.
Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nisanka played a brilliant innings of 159 runs in the second Test against Bangladesh, making Sri Lanka won the match by 78 runs and won the series 1-0. Thanks to this innings, Nisanka has jumped 14 places to 17th.
The new South African batsman Luan-Dre Pretorius played a 153-run knock in the debut Test against Zimbabwe and entered the ranking 68th in the rankings. In this match, South Africa won by 328 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the Test series.
Other South African batsmen have also taken tremendous advantage in the ranking. However, captain Temba Bavuma was not a part of this match, due to which he suffered losses and Rishabh Pant of India has left him behind and reached the sixth position. Pant is close to the best (5th) ranking of his career, which he achieved in July 2022.
Vian Mulder of South Africa jumped 17 places to climb 56th and Corbin Bosch up to 59th position. At the same time, Zimbabwe’s Scene Williams climbed up two places to reach the best 15th ranking of career.
Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka has risen two places to 13th and Kusal Mendis four places to 30th place. Australia’s Ben Webster has jumped at 11 places to reach 52nd position. John Campbell and captain Roston Chase of West Indies have also re -joined the ranking and are ranked 80th and 85th respectively.
Hazelwood in fourth place in bowling rankings
In the ICC men’s Test bowling rankings, Australia’s Josh Hazelwood has jumped one place to finish fourth. He took a total of seven wickets in the Brijtown Test, including a brilliant five wickets in the second innings.
Sri Lanka’s left-handed spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya and Taizul Islam of Bangladesh took five wickets in the Colombo Test. Jayasuriya has climbed one place to 14th position jointly, while Taizul has increased to 16th to 16th.
South Africa’s Mulder has climbed six places to 52nd and Bosch jumped at 45 places to 57th position.
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