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ICC Men’s Test Batting Ranking: Joe Root Leapfrogged Williamson to Top the Chart

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England batter Joe Root climbed up to first in the newly released ICC Men Test Batting Ranking with a rating of 872. He leapfrogged New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, who has a rating of 859. Williamson sits at 2 on the ranking.

Pakistan’s Babar Azam and another Kiwi, Daryl Mitchell, both improved in one position and share 3rd place with a 768 rating. While Australia’s Steven Smith improved one position to be at 5 with a rating of 757, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma also showed a climb in the ranking. With a rating of 759, Rohit is right behind Smith on 6th.

Another big change in the ranking is for Harry Brook. The England batter lost four positions and fell to 7 with a rating of 749. The top 15 ICC Men Test Batting Ranking is Given Below

Top 15 ICC Men Test Batting Ranking 

pos Team Player Rating Career Best Rating
01 ENG Joe Root 872 923 v India at Edgbaston 2022
02 New Zealand Kane Williamson 859 919 v Pakistan at Christchurch 2021
03 Pakistan Babar Azam 768 882 v New Zealand at Karachi 2022
=03 New Zealand Daryl Mitchell 768 804 v Bangladesh at Sylhet 2023
05 Australia Steven Smith 757 947 v South Africa at Durban 2018
06 India Rohit Sharma 751 813 v England at The Oval 2021
07 England Harry Brook 749 773 v Australia at The Oval 2023
08 India Yashasvi Jaiswal 740 740 v England at Dharamsala 2024
09 Sri Lanka Dimuth Karunaratne 739 783 v Ireland at Galle 2023
10 India Virat Kohli 737 937 v England at Southampton 2018
11 Australia Usman Khawaja 728 847 v England at Lord’s 2023
12 Australia Marnus Labuschagne 720 937 v West Indies at Adelaide 2022
13 Australia Travis Head 697 884 v India at The Oval 2023
14 Pakistan Saud Shakeel 693 728 v Australia at Melbourne 2023
15 Sri Lanka Dhananjaya de Silva 688 695 v Bangladesh at Sylhet 2024

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