ICC Test rankings: Kohli, Jaiswal make gains

Dubai: Senior Indian batter Virat Kohli moved up two rungs to eighth place while his captain Rohit Sharma dropped a spot to sixth in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings released here on Wednesday.

Young Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has moved up a spot to seventh, joins Rohit and Kohli in the top 10.

Veteran England batter Joe Root maintained his place as the top-ranked Test batter in the world following their success in the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Manchester.

Root's teammate Harry Brook has made a massive jump on the back of scores of 56 and 32 during the first Test.

The 25-year-old has risen three places to fourth overall, leaping past Pakistan's Babar Azam, Australia's Steve Smith, and Rohit.

Babar has dropped a whopping six places to fall from shared third to ninth following a rare failure in the first innings of Pakistan's Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi.

But teammate Mohammad Rizwan gained seven spots, achieving a new career-high rating by moving inside the top 10 at a shared 10th spot following his century in the same match.

Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim has achieved a career-high rating as he climbed seven spots to move to 17th.

Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continues to hold the top spot among bowlers, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja have maintained their third and seventh spots respectively.

England seamer Chris Woakes, who is up four rungs to 16th, and Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando (up 10 spots to 17th) have gained some ground while Pakistan's right-arm pacer Naseem Shah (up four spots to 33rd) and England's Gus Atkinson (up four places to 42nd) have achieved career-best ratings following impressive returns from their recent appearances.