Faf du Plessis moves up in ICC Rankings

Updated: Tue, Nov 30 -0001 00:00 IST

Oct.11 (CRICKETNMORE) - Captain Faf du Plessis and Aiden Markram, century-makers at Bloemfontein, are among the batsmen to gain. Du Plessis’s 135 not out has seen him move up two places to 14th position while Markram has gained 43 slots to reach a career-best 61st position after his knock of 143.

For Bangladesh, Imrul Kayes has gained four slots to reach 69th position while pace bowler Subashish Roy has gained 18 slots to reach 86th position.

For Sri Lanka, who have overtaken Pakistan to take sixth position in the latest ICC Test Team Rankings, Dimuth Karunaratne’s scores of 196 and seven have seen him move up nine places to 17th position, the first time he is in the top 20. Niroshan Dickwella has gained two slots to reach 39th position and all-rounder Dilruwan Perera has gained 10 slots to reach 76th position.

Pakistan middle-order batsman Asad Shafiq, who scored his 11th Test century, has gained seven places to reach 28th position while captain Sarfraz Ahmed has gained one place to reach 32nd position. 

Top 10 Test Batsmen in ICC Rankings (as on 11 October 2017)

 

Rank    (+/-)      Player               Team     Pts       

   1       ( - )       Steve Smith      Aus      936      

   2       ( - )       Joe Root          Eng      889     

   3       ( - )       K. Williamson    NZ        880      

   4       ( - )       C. Pujara           Ind        876     

   5       ( - )       David Warner    Aus      807      

   6       ( - )       Virat Kohli         Ind        806     

   7       ( - )       Hashim Amla     SA        795     

   8       (+1)      Lokesh Rahul    Ind        761

   9       (+1)      Ajinkya Rahane Ind        760      

  10       (-2)       Azhar Ali           Pak      755       

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)      Player              Team     Pts      

14         (+2)      Faf du Plessis   SA        718

17         (+9)      D. Karunaratne  SL        700

28         (+7)      Asad Shafiq      Pak      617       

32         (+1)      Sarfraz Ahmed  Pak      608      

39         (+2)      N. Dickwella      SL        567

61         (+43)     Aiden Markram  SA        451

69         (+4)      Imrul Kayes       Ban      422   

76       (+10)     D. Perera          SL        388

91         (+30)     Liton Das          Ban      353

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