South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, India’s pair of KL Rahul and Umesh Yadav, and New Zealand opener Jeet Raval have achieved career-high rankings in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings which were released on Wednesday following the conclusion of the Dharamsala and Hamilton Tests.
De Kock, who scored a gutsy 90 in the first innings to lift South Africa from 148 for five to 314 all out, has climbed four places to sixth and has consequently become South Africa’s highest-ranked batsman, ahead of Hashim Amla (10th), AB de Villiers (12th) and Faf du Plessis (18th).
De Kock, who scored a gutsy 90 in the first innings to lift South Africa from 148 for five to 314 all out, has climbed four places to sixth and has consequently become South Africa’s highest-ranked batsman, ahead of Hashim Amla (10th), AB de Villiers (12th) and Faf du Plessis (18th).
De Kock, who played in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012, is also ranked sixth and 23rd in the ICC ODI and T20I batting rankings, respectively.
India opener Rahul, who scored two half-centuries in the Dharamsala Test, has vaulted 11 places to claim 11th position. The 24-year-old from Karnataka had started the series in 57th position, but has gained 46 places over four Tests following scores of 64, 10, 90, 51, 67, 60 and 51 not out.
Rahul is now India’s third highest-ranked batsman after Cheteshwar Pujara (fourth, down by two places) and Virat Kohli (fifth, down by one place), and is ahead of Ajinkya Rahane (14th, up by three places) and Murali Vijay (34th, down by four places).
Raval was the other batsman to make an impressive gain in the latest rankings. The Gujarat-born 28-year-old left-hander made an impressive 88 in New Zealand’s first innings total of 489, for which he has been rewarded with a jump of 10 places to be in the 32nd position.
Australia captain Steve Smith has successfully defended his number-one position and is currently 61 points ahead of his New Zealand opposite number, Kane Williamson, who has moved up two places to second following his 176 in the Hamilton Test.
Smith had entered the series against India, leading Kohli by 38 points, and finished as the most successful batsman with 499 runs in eight innings.
In the bowling table, spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have retained the top two bowling spots, while their team-mate Yadav has claimed a career-high 21st position following his player of the match performance in Dharamsala. Yadav took two for 69 and three for 29 in the match, earning him a rise of five places.
Kagiso Rabada (seventh), Neil Wagner (ninth), Morne Morkel (13th) and Nathan Lyon (17th) have moved up one place apiece, while Pat Cummins (61st, up by 21 places) and Colin de Grandhomme (47th, up by five places) are the other bowlers to make impressive gains.
In the all-rounders’ category, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh has retained his number-one ranking but Jadeja has moved ahead of Ashwin into second place. Jadeja took four wickets and scored 63 runs in Dharamsala to walk away with the player of the series award.
MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (following the conclusion of Dharamsala and Hamilton Tests)
BATTING
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 941! 61.05 941 v Ind at Dharamsala 2017
2 (+3) Kane Williamson NZ 880 51.16 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
3 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 848 52.80 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
4 (-2) Cheteshwar Pujara Ind 846 51.32 861 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
5 (-1) Virat Kohli Ind 818 49.41 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
6 (+4) Quinton de Kock SA 802*! 51.26 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017
7 (-1) Azhar Ali Pak 779 47.07 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
8 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 772 53.06 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 (-1) David Warner Aus 759 47.42 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
10 (-1) Hashim Amla SA 748 49.39 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
11 (+11) Lokesh Rahul Ind 739*! 44.44 739 v Aus at Dharamsala 2017
12 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 732 50.46 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
13 (-1) Jonny Bairstow Eng 731 41.27 759 v Ind at Mohali 2016
14 (+3) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 726 46.07 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
15 (-1) Alastair Cook Eng 720 46.45 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
16 (-3) Usman Khawaja Aus 718 47.94 747 v Pak at Sydney 2017
17 (-2) Ross Taylor NZ 705 47.10 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
18 (+1) Faf du Plessis SA 690 44.92 710 v WI at Port Elizabeth 2014
19 (-1) Angelo Mathews SL 688 46.08 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
20 ( - ) Kraigg Brathwaite WI 677! 37.52 677 v Pak at Sharjah 2016
BOWLING
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 898 23.12 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
2 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 865 25.22 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
3 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 854 27.87 867 v Zim at Harare 2016
4 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 826 25.39 863 v Ind at Bengaluru 2017
5 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 810 28.50 884 v SL at Durham 2016
6 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 803 28.54 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
7 (+1) Kagiso Rabada SA 798* 23.69 821 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
8 (-2) Dale Steyn SA 794 22.30 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
9 (+1) Neil Wagner NZ 745 28.90 767 v SA at Dunedin 2017
10 (+1) Mitchell Starc Aus 742 28.35 805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
11 (-2) Vernon Philander SA 738 22.39 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
12 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 732 28.75 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
13 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 693 29.21 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
14 (-1) Tim Southee NZ 687 31.55 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
15 ( - ) Dilruwan Perera SL 652* 28.58 674 v Zim at Harare 2016
16 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 649 31.51 878 v Eng at Lord's 2016
17 (+1) Nathan Lyon Aus 644 33.39 696 v NZ at Wellington 2016
18 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 638 33.02 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
19 ( - ) Wahab Riaz Pak 579*! 34.01 579 v Aus at Sydney 2017
20 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 576* 34.46 589 v Ind at Mohali 2016
ALL-ROUNDERS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 431 443 v NZ at Christchurch 2017
2 (+1) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 422! 422 v Aus at Dharamsala 2017
3 (-1) R. Ashwin Ind 413 493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
4 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 327 /* 351 v Ind at Mohali 2016
5 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 318 347 v Ind at Pune 2017
India opener Rahul, who scored two half-centuries in the Dharamsala Test, has vaulted 11 places to claim 11th position. The 24-year-old from Karnataka had started the series in 57th position, but has gained 46 places over four Tests following scores of 64, 10, 90, 51, 67, 60 and 51 not out.
Rahul is now India’s third highest-ranked batsman after Cheteshwar Pujara (fourth, down by two places) and Virat Kohli (fifth, down by one place), and is ahead of Ajinkya Rahane (14th, up by three places) and Murali Vijay (34th, down by four places).
Raval was the other batsman to make an impressive gain in the latest rankings. The Gujarat-born 28-year-old left-hander made an impressive 88 in New Zealand’s first innings total of 489, for which he has been rewarded with a jump of 10 places to be in the 32nd position.
Australia captain Steve Smith has successfully defended his number-one position and is currently 61 points ahead of his New Zealand opposite number, Kane Williamson, who has moved up two places to second following his 176 in the Hamilton Test.
Smith had entered the series against India, leading Kohli by 38 points, and finished as the most successful batsman with 499 runs in eight innings.
In the bowling table, spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have retained the top two bowling spots, while their team-mate Yadav has claimed a career-high 21st position following his player of the match performance in Dharamsala. Yadav took two for 69 and three for 29 in the match, earning him a rise of five places.
Kagiso Rabada (seventh), Neil Wagner (ninth), Morne Morkel (13th) and Nathan Lyon (17th) have moved up one place apiece, while Pat Cummins (61st, up by 21 places) and Colin de Grandhomme (47th, up by five places) are the other bowlers to make impressive gains.
In the all-rounders’ category, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh has retained his number-one ranking but Jadeja has moved ahead of Ashwin into second place. Jadeja took four wickets and scored 63 runs in Dharamsala to walk away with the player of the series award.
MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (following the conclusion of Dharamsala and Hamilton Tests)
BATTING
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 941! 61.05 941 v Ind at Dharamsala 2017
2 (+3) Kane Williamson NZ 880 51.16 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
3 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 848 52.80 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
4 (-2) Cheteshwar Pujara Ind 846 51.32 861 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
5 (-1) Virat Kohli Ind 818 49.41 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
6 (+4) Quinton de Kock SA 802*! 51.26 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017
7 (-1) Azhar Ali Pak 779 47.07 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
8 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 772 53.06 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 (-1) David Warner Aus 759 47.42 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
10 (-1) Hashim Amla SA 748 49.39 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
11 (+11) Lokesh Rahul Ind 739*! 44.44 739 v Aus at Dharamsala 2017
12 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 732 50.46 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
13 (-1) Jonny Bairstow Eng 731 41.27 759 v Ind at Mohali 2016
14 (+3) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 726 46.07 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
15 (-1) Alastair Cook Eng 720 46.45 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
16 (-3) Usman Khawaja Aus 718 47.94 747 v Pak at Sydney 2017
17 (-2) Ross Taylor NZ 705 47.10 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
18 (+1) Faf du Plessis SA 690 44.92 710 v WI at Port Elizabeth 2014
19 (-1) Angelo Mathews SL 688 46.08 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
20 ( - ) Kraigg Brathwaite WI 677! 37.52 677 v Pak at Sharjah 2016
BOWLING
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 898 23.12 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
2 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 865 25.22 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
3 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 854 27.87 867 v Zim at Harare 2016
4 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 826 25.39 863 v Ind at Bengaluru 2017
5 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 810 28.50 884 v SL at Durham 2016
6 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 803 28.54 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
7 (+1) Kagiso Rabada SA 798* 23.69 821 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
8 (-2) Dale Steyn SA 794 22.30 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
9 (+1) Neil Wagner NZ 745 28.90 767 v SA at Dunedin 2017
10 (+1) Mitchell Starc Aus 742 28.35 805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
11 (-2) Vernon Philander SA 738 22.39 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
12 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 732 28.75 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
13 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 693 29.21 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
14 (-1) Tim Southee NZ 687 31.55 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
15 ( - ) Dilruwan Perera SL 652* 28.58 674 v Zim at Harare 2016
16 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 649 31.51 878 v Eng at Lord's 2016
17 (+1) Nathan Lyon Aus 644 33.39 696 v NZ at Wellington 2016
18 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 638 33.02 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
19 ( - ) Wahab Riaz Pak 579*! 34.01 579 v Aus at Sydney 2017
20 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 576* 34.46 589 v Ind at Mohali 2016
ALL-ROUNDERS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 431 443 v NZ at Christchurch 2017
2 (+1) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 422! 422 v Aus at Dharamsala 2017
3 (-1) R. Ashwin Ind 413 493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
4 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 327 /* 351 v Ind at Mohali 2016
5 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 318 347 v Ind at Pune 2017
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