Riding on a sensational century in his Test comeback, wicket-keeper-batter Rishabh Pant re-entered the ICC rankings at an impressive sixth position but India skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slipped.
Pant, who smashed a century in the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, was placed sixth, while opener Yashasvi Jaiswal moved up to fifth thanks to a half-century in the first innings of the same Test.
Rohit Sharma retained his place in the top 10, though he moved down five places with two underwhelming scores. Kohli also dropped five spots to go out of the top-10 and he is now placed 12th.
The Sri Lanka-New Zealand Test in Galle brought about top 10 bowling rankings shifts, with Prabath Jayasuriya solidifying his reputation as one of the game’s best spinners, moving five spots into eighth after a nine-wicket haul. Jayasuriya is the highest-ranked player representing Sri Lanka across the three disciplines, moving past Asitha Fernando, who slid down two spots to 13th.
Kamindu Mendis, who moved up three spots to 16th in the batting rankings and Dhananjaya de Silva, who climbed five spots to 18th on the allrounder rankings, were the other Lankan movers over note.
In ODI rankings, young Afghan star Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Australian Travis Head leapt into the top 10 in the batting rankings, thanks to quick-fire hundreds in action across UAE and England.
