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ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli slips to No 7 fetch, Labuschagne displaces Root to change into unique world No 1

Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Web Team |Provide: DNA webdesk |Updated: Dec 22, 2021, 03: 31 PM IST

Whereas Indian Tes skipper Virat Kohli has slipped a notch and is now positioned on the seventh fetch in primarily the latest ICC rankings for Test batters, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has displaced England skipper Joe Root to change into the unique world #1.Kohli, who had performed the 2d Test in opposition to Unique Zealand at home, changed into once earlier positioned sixth, but now has 756 aspects and moved a step down.As for Labuschagne, he climbed the ladder to be at the cease for the very first time after sensational performances in the 2 matches of the Ashes to this point. With a profession-most effective 912 ranking aspects, he overthrew Root (897), who has dropped to the 2d fetch.The Aussie cricketer had ranked fourth sooner than the birth of the series but rose two spots to No.2 after scoring 74 in Australia’s lift in the Brisbane Test. 

It changed into once his hundred and fifty (103 and 51) in the 2d Test at Adelaide that bagged him the numero uno fetch. Among other batters, India’s now white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma has remained static at the fifth fetch.Talking about bowlers, India’s Ravichandran Ashwin is quiet in 2d fetch at the serve of Australia skipper Pat Cummins. The Aussie skipper’s teammate Mitchell Starc broke into the cease 10 for Test bowlers after returning figures of 6/80 in the 2d Test and moved up to the ninth fetch.

ICC T20I Rankings:

Pakistan captain Babar Azam reclaimed the cease fetch after very best one week of shedding it. He had scored 0 and 7 in the vital two T20Is in opposition to the West Indies and changed into once dropped two spots to No. 3 in final week’s rankings update. On the replacement hand, he came serve and is now tied at the cease of the rankings with Dawid Malan after a good 79 in the final T20I.His fellow opener Mohammad Rizwan also climbed to the No. 3 fetch in T20I batters’ rankings with profession-most effective ratings of 798.As a ways as Indians are fervent, unique white ball vice-captain KL Rahul is most effective positioned at the fifth fetch. There are no Indian bowlers in the cease 10 T20 checklist. 

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