India captain Virat Kohli retained his top spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped a place to fourth position in the bowler's list released on Wednesday.
India opener Shafali Verma is back at the top of the ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings after a fine show in the first two matches of the ongoing three-match series against South Africa in Lucknow.The 17-year-old big-hitter, who had grabbed the top position for the first time after helping her side reach the knockout phase of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup last year in Australia, has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.South Africa opener Lizelle Lee is another one to gain in the T20I rankings even though the big-hitting opener lost her top spot in the ODI rankings within a week of replacing England's Tammy Beaumont. Lee has gained three slots to reach 11th position among T20I batters after a match-winning 70 helped South Africa to a winning 2-0 lead.Laura Wolvaardt has risen five places to 24th after guiding her team to victory with an unbeaten 53 in the second match while captain Sune Luus (up five places to 38th) and Nadine de Klerk (up three places to 74th) ..
Opener Rohit Sharma touched his career-best eighth position in the ICC Test Batsmen's Rankings on Sunday with a six-place jump
Pakistan batsman Shaan Masood's century in the first Test has propelled him to a career-best 19th place in the ICC rankings
In the list of all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin continue to occupy the third and fifth spot respectively
Jasprit Bumrah stayed put in second place among bowlers
India cricket team lost the top spot in the ICC Test rankings to Australia, dropping to third after its stupendous 2016-17 record was eliminated from the annual update as per rules
India are currently ranked number one in ICC Test team rankings, followed by New Zealand, South Africa, England and Australia
Shaw had entered the rankings in 73rd place after a century on debut
Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav who took 10 wickets in six games climbed three spots to sit at No.3 on the list
Australia opener David Warner is sixth, 24 points behind Root and Williamson, after his scores of 103 and 86 earned him 30 points.
Jadeja's career best 10-wicket haul against England helps him vault to the second position
The Virat Kohli-led side can't be overtaken this year since the team rankings are updated only at the end of each Test series
Another good performance in the second match in Kolkata will propel him to the coveted top spot