ICC Test Rankings Update : Harry Brook achieved the number-2 position

 ICC Test Rankings Update: After England's victory over New Zealand and South Africa's victory over Sri Lanka, there has been a major reshuffle in the ICC Test rankings. England's Joe Root, who is at number-1 in the Test batting rankings with a rating of 895, is now in danger of losing his position. His teammate Harry Brook has come close to snatching the number-1 crown from him. Harry Brook played a century against New Zealand, after which he has jumped 2 places in the ICC rankings. Apart from him, Indian team's young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill have suffered losses. Let's take a look at the latest ICC rankings.

Joe Root's bat remained silent in the first test match played between England and New Zealand. He was out on zero in the first innings, while he scored 23 runs in the second innings. However, on the basis of Harry Brook's innings of 171 runs, England defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets in the first test match. Due to this disappointing performance, Joe Root's position is in danger. Joe Root is at number-1 in the ICC batting rankings with a rating of 895. At the same time, Harry Brook got the benefit of playing a century innings and he jumped 2 places to reach 854 rating. In such a situation, his eyes will be on snatching the number-1 crown from Joe Root.

ICC Test Batting Rankings

Position	Team	Player	Rating
1	England	Joe Root	895
2	England	Harry Brook	854
3	New Zealand	Kane Williamson	830
4	India	Yashasvi Jaiswal	825
5	New Zealand	Daryl Mitchell	753
6	India	Rishabh Pant	736
7	Sri Lanka	Kamindu Mendis	733
8	Australia	Steven Smith	726
9	Pakistan	Saud Shakeel	724
10	South Africa	Temba Bavuma	715

Despite winning the first Test match against Australia, Indian team's opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and star batsman Virat Kohli suffered losses. Yashasvi lost 2 places in the ICC batting rankings and slipped to fourth place. Harry Brook has overtaken Yashasvi to enter the number-2 position, while Virat Kohli has lost 1 place. He is in 14th place with 689 rating. Shubman Gill also lost 1 place and is in 18th place. New Zealand's Kane Williamson is in third place in the ICC Test batting rankings, while Daryl Mitchell is fifth, Rishabh Pant is sixth and Kamindu Mendis has jumped 2 places to reach seventh place.

Latest update of Test Bowling rankings

Position	Team	Player	Rating
1	India	Jasprit Bumrah	883
2	South Africa	Kagiso Rabada	865
3	Australia	Josh Hazlewood	860
4	India	Ravichandran Ashwin	807
5	Australia	Pat Cummins	796
6	India	Ravindra Jadeja	794
7	Australia	Nathan Lyon	782
8	Sri Lanka	Prabath Jayasuriya	780
9	South Africa	Marco Jansen	774
10	New Zealand	Matt Henry	772

Apart from these, Dinesh Chandimal (jumped 2 places to 17th position) and Tristan Stubbs (jumped 29 places to 42nd position) are also included. South Africa's Marco Jansen, who was the Player of the Match in the victory against Sri Lanka, has jumped 19 places to reach the 9th position in the bowlers' ranking. At the same time, in the all-rounders ranking, he has reached the second position with a gain of 10 places.

ICC Test All Rounder Rankings

Position	Team	Player	Rating
1	India	Ravindra Jadeja	423
2	South Africa	Marco Jansen	291
3	India	Ravichandran Ashwin	290
4	Bangladesh	Shakib Al Hasan	269
5	Bangladesh	Mehidy Hasan	269
6	West Indies	Jason Holder	264
7	England	Joe Root	247
8	India	Axar Patel	239
9	Australia	Pat Cummins	224
10	England	Chris Woakes	220