In ICC rankings Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal excel without playing Tests since March 2024
Since March 2024 India cricket team has not played a single Test match when they faced England in the five-match series at home. Starting from September 19 they are scheduled to play 10 more Test matches. But even then, in the latest ICC rankings, the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and YashasviJaiswal have jumped one spot each to strengthen their position among the top 10 batters.
The captain of team India Rohit is the highest-ranked batter as he is at the fifth position with 751 rating points to his name. Jaiswal and Kohli follow him closely at the sixth and seven places respectively with 740 and 737 rating points.
The trio has benefitted from the twin failures of Harry Brook’s the third and final Test against Sri Lanka which England lost at the Kennington Oval in London earlier this week. He could score only 19 and 3 runs in the two innings while batting in the middle-order.
Brook has slipped seven positions to 12th with 709 rating points even as Babar Azam has once again got closer to entering the top 10. He is at 11th place with 712 points to his name just behind his teammate Mohammad Rizwan and Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne.