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India's Rishabh Pant plays a shot on day four of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
After his heroics against England in the recently concluded Leeds Test where he scored centuries in both innings, flamboyant India batter Rishabh Pant jumped to a career-high 7th in the recent ICC Test Rankings for batters.
With his twin centuries, Pant became only the second designated wicketkeeper in history of the game to score hundreds in each innings with Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower the other who scored 142 & 199* vs South Africa in Harare in 2001. He also crossed MS Dhoni as an Indian wicketkeeper with most Test tons with his 100 in the 1st innings. Pant struck 134 and 118 in the thrilling Leeds Test that England won by five wickets.
Meanwhile, new India captain Shubman Gill improved his rankings by 5 places when he climbed to 20th, courtesy of his century in the Leeds Test.
There was little change in the rankings for Test bowlers, with India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah maintaining his place at the top of charts following yet another five-wicket haul in the Headingley Test.
Meanwhile, Ben Duckett, who was adjudged Player of the Match for his scores of 62 and 149 in England’s victory, jumped five places to eighth in the rankings. Duckett’s teammates Ollie Pope (up three spots to 19th) and Jamie Smith (up eighth places to 27th) also made significant gains.
England veteran Joe Root remained the No.1 ranked Test batter, with teammate Harry Brook his closest challenger.
England skipper Ben Stokes gained three places to move up to fifth in the list for Test all-rounders following solid contributions with both bat and ball across the same game.
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The drawn first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh saw a host of their players make some inroads in the latest batters’ rankings. Mushfiqur Rahim led the way, following his innings of 163 in Galle.
Rahim gained 11 spots to move to 28th for Test batters, while teammate Najmul Hossain Shanto jumps a whopping 21 places to improve to 29th on the same list after he scored a pair of tons in the same match.
(With agency inputs)
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