Shreyas Iyer entered the ICC Test rankings for batsmen at 74th position after scoring a century and half-century on his debut in the drawn Kanpur Test between India and New Zealand.
Shreyas scored 105 and 65 runs in his debut Test. (AP photo)
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- Iyer scored 105 and 65 runs in the first test
- Ashwin took three wickets each in both the innings of New Zealand
- Jadeja scored a half-century in the first innings and took 4 wickets on the fifth day.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli remained the best Indian in the batting list in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings released on Wednesday, while off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin also retained the second spot in the bowlers’ list.
While Rohit (5th), Kohli (6th) and Ashwin retained their places, pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped a place to 10th.
Barring Ashwin, all three players were not part of the first Test against New Zealand which ended in a draw in Kanpur on Monday.
Debutant Shreyas Iyer’s player-of-the-match effort helped him enter the batting rankings at 74th position, while openers Shubman Gill (up six places to 66th) and Wriddhiman Saha (up nine places to 99th) also made remarkable progress. Of. After scoring a half-century in the first test.
Ravindra Jadeja has moved up two places to 19th among bowlers and has taken five wickets in this match and is also up one place to second among all-rounders. Ashwin is the number three all-rounder and is ranked 79th among batsmen.
For New Zealand, Tom Latham’s knocks of 95 and 52 brought him back into the top 10 among batsmen as he moved up from 14th to ninth.
Kyle Jamieson, ranked ninth among bowlers, took three wickets in each innings, resulting in a six-place advantage.
Tim Southee has gained 15 ratings points after his eight-wicket haul to reach within a point of second-placed Ashwin (840).
The latest weekly updates also include the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle, which the hosts won by 187 runs, and the first Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi broke into the top five for the first time in his career after a stellar performance in the first Test, which his team won by eight wickets.
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