The reign of Kane Williamson as the No. 1 ranked test batsman of team India is over as Joe Root regained the premier position on the back of his strong recent showing in the series against the West Indies.
Joe Root has been rewarded for his excellent series against the West Indies by overtaking New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson and reclaiming his crown as the No. 1 ranked batter on the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.
Root managed a series-best 291 runs over three matches against the Caribbean side, and his effort of 87 in the third and final Test of that series in Birmingham allowed him to put past Williamson and back into the top position he vacated last year.
The former captain of England first became the No. 1 ranked Test batter way back in August 2015. Williamson drops to second place on the Test batter rankings as a result of Root's recent surge, while Pakistan's Babar Azam (equal third), New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell (equal third), Australia's Steve Smith (fifth), and India's Rohit Sharma (sixth) all gain a spot as England's Harry Brook falls four rungs to seventh following a rare failure against the West Indies.