Ajinkya Rahane achieved career best ICC ranking
12 October, Dubai (CRICKETNMORE): In the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen led by Australia captain Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane has attained a career-best sixth-rank with scores of 188 and 23 not out. Rahane, whose previous best was eighth rank
12 October, Dubai (CRICKETNMORE): In the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen led by Australia captain Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane has attained a career-best sixth-rank with scores of 188 and 23 not out. Rahane, whose previous best was eighth rank in August this year, has gained five slots after starting the match at 11th position.
The Indore Test also saw Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Virat Kohli move up the rankings. Pujara’s knocks of 41 and 101 not out have helped him move up one place to 14th rank while Kohli’s scores of 211 and 17 at Indore have helped him move up four places to 16th position.
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For New Zealand, opener Martin Guptill has moved up 10 places to 58th rank with knocks of 72 and 29 while Jimmy Neesham has moved up 12 slots to 70th position.
Fourth-ranked Younus Khan, who is just two points behind South Africa batsman Hashim Amla’s tally of 847 points, will miss the opening Test because of illness but 11th-ranked Misbah has a chance to overtake England batsman Alastair Cook, whom he trails by just six points.
Asad Shafiq (13th), Azhar Ali (17th) and Sarfraz Ahmed (19th) would also be looking to move towards the top 10 by dominating a side they blanked 3-0 in both an ODI series as well as a Twenty20 series that preceded the Tests.
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who is just five wickets away from 100 wickets and a permanent ranking, is Pakistan’s leading bowler at sixth position while pace bowler Wahab Riaz is ranked 29th.
For West Indies, Darren Bravo (28th), Kraigg Brathwaite (31st) and Marlon Samuels (46th) are the leading batsmen while pace bowler Kemar Roach (23rd), leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo (41st) and Shannon Gabriel (48th) are in the top-50.
ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 12 October after the India-New Zealand series)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 906 58.55 936 v Eng at Lord's 2015
2 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 878 54.86 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
3 (+1) Hashim Amla SA 847 51.16 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 (+1) Younus Khan Pak 845 53.72 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
5 (-2) Kane Williamson NZ 841 50.31 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
6 (+5) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 825! 51.37 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
7= (-1) Adam Voges Aus 802* 72.75 824 v SL at Galle 2016
8 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 802 50.46 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
9 (-1) David Warner Aus 772 48.63 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
10 (-1) Alastair Cook Eng 770 47.31 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
