New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): England batter Joe Root and New Zealand seamer Matt Henry have risen to the highest of the ICC Males’s Check Participant Rankings after the second match of their ICC World Check Championship collection at The Oval, which the visiting aspect gained by 253 runs to stage the collection 1-1.
Root begins his twelfth stint because the No. 1 batter after scores of 46 and 77 helped him overtake team-mate Harry Brook and Australia’s Travis Head to the highest of the rankings, whereas Henry caught up with India quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah on the summit of the bowling rankings after his match haul of 11-109, acccording to ICC Media launch.
The Yorkshire pair of Root and Brook have now exchanged the highest place six occasions over the previous 18 months since Root overtook New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, who has additionally represented Yorkshire.
Different batters to realize within the newest rankings replace embody New Zealand’s centurions Glenn Phillips and Henry Nicholls, in addition to Rachin Ravindra. Phillips has superior eight spots to thirty first place and Nicholls 13 locations to achieve fortieth place, whilst Ravindra has moved again into the highest 10.
In accordance with the ICC Media launch, the bowling rankings see Henry meet up with Bumrah at 870 ranking factors, which is the second highest by a New Zealand bowler after Richard Hadlee, who peaked with 909 in 1985.
As just one New Zealand batter has reached a peak of greater than 870 ranking factors – Kane Williamson with 919 in 2021 – Henry’s factors tally has solely been exceeded by two Kiwis in Check historical past with both bat or ball.
Bumrah had occupied the highest place on his personal since overtaking Kagiso Rabada in November 2024.
Jofra Archar (up six locations to fiftieth) and Jacob Bethell (up 29 locations to eighty fifth) are the opposite bowlers to maneuver up the rankings after The Oval Check.
Within the ICC Males’s ODI Rankings, India captain Shubman Gill has progressed three spots to second place amongst batters after being named Participant of the Collection for an mixture of 238 runs within the residence collection in opposition to Afghanistan that India gained 3-0, in line with the ICC Media launch.
Left-handers Ishan Kishan (up 21 locations to forty third) and Yashaswi Jaiswal (up 84 locations to 71st) have additionally progressed, whereas Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi is up 4 locations to 52nd.
Within the Males’s ODI Bowling Rankings, India seam bowler Prasidh Krishna has moved from 92nd to joint-58th after his five-wicket haul within the last match, and Arshdeep Singh has gained 16 slots to achieve twenty second place after ending with 5 scalps within the collection. Afghanistan off-spinner AM Ghazanfar has superior three locations to 71st place. (ANI)
