Virat Kohli continues to lead in latest ICC Test Player Rankings

Dubai, Nov 28: India captain Virat Kohli continues to lead in the latest MRF Tyres

ICC Test Player Rankings.

In the batting table, Kohli continues to lead, Azhar Ali has moved up three places to
12th, Kusal Mendis is 20th (up by eight places), Ben Stokes is 31st (up by five places),
Roshen Silva is 48th (up by five places) and Shane Dowrich is 58th (up by seven places).
Jonny Bairstow of England, Bangladesh’s Mominul Haque and Yasir Shah of Pakistan have made impressive gains following their contributions in their sides’ convincing victories earlier this week.
Bairstow’s 110 and 15 was the cornerstone of England’s 42-run victory over Sri Lanka
in Colombo, which gave the visitors a 3-0 series win, Mominul scored 120 and 12 as
Bangladesh defeated the Windies by 64 runs in Chittagong for their maiden win over
The Caribbean side and Yasir recorded match figures of 14 for 184 as Pakistan
bounced back in Dubai to level the series with New Zealand following an
innings-and-16-run victory.
These performances not only earned the three players the match awards, but also
reflected in the latest player rankings, which were released Wednesday morning.
Bairstow has returned to the top-20 in 16th place after rising six places, Mominul is
now just outside the top-20 in 24th place after moving up 11 places and Yasir is back
in the top-10 in 10th position after jumping nine places.
A number of other players have improved their rankings, following impressive
performances in the just-concluded Tests.
Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Henry Nicholls leads the pack of batsmen who have
achieved career-high rankings.
Nicholls is now ranked 17th (up by three places), Jos Buttler is 18th (up by three
places), Haris Sohail is 38th (up by 33 places), Babar Azam is 39th (up by 24 places)
and Ben Foakes is 50th (up by four places).In the bowlers’ table, Kagiso Rabada has become the number-one bowler after

England’s James Anderson lost one per cent of his points for missing the Colombo

Test. This meant Anderson lost nine points and has now dropped eight points behind the South Africa fast bowler.
Apart from Yasir, other bowlers to move up the ladder are: Taijul Islam at a career-high 21st position (up six places), Stokes at 28th (up three places), Devendra Bishoo at 32nd (up two places), Adil Rashid at a career-best 36th (up two places), Jack Leach at 41st (up two places), Lakshan Sandakan at a career-high 45th (up 11 places) and Malinda Pushpakumara at 61st (up 15 places).