The latest update to the rankings came on Wednesday, October 2. Jaiswal had moved into fifth place among Test batters at the end of the first India-Bangladesh Test in Chennai, and his performance in the second Test in Kanpur has seen him rise to third, with a career-best rating of 792.
Jaiswal struck two half-centuries, 72 & 51, in Kanpur as India unleashed the full force of their batting lineup on Bangladesh in an effort to force a result in a match which had seen two days lost due to poor weather and ground conditions.
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England’s Joe Root remains the top-ranked Test batter in the world, with Kane Williamson in second place. Steven Smith is fourth, with compatriot Usman Khawaja in fifth place. Virat Kohli, who had slipped out of the top ten last week, has moved back up six spots into sixth place.
Another significant move made over the last week was that of Sri Lankan batter Kamindu Mendis, who has enjoyed a record-breaking start to his international red-ball career. Mendis became the second-fastest ever to 1000 Test runs against New Zealand in Galle, where he struck an unbeaten 182 in Sri Lanka’s only innings in the match.
He moved up five spots to 11th place, also achieving a career-best. Other big movers include Indian captain Rohit Sharma (down five spots to 15th) and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell (down six spots to joint-9th). Dinesh Chandimal also moved up six spots, to 20th.
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There was also movement in the batting rankings in the white-ball formats. England’s Harry Brook moved up by 73 places to 50th, and Ben Duckett by 30 places to 54th. Travis Head dropped out of the top ten, to 11th which paved the way for South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen to move into 10th.
On the T20I front, the major mover was South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks, who went up by five spots to 11th. UAE’s Muhammad Waseem moved up two places, to 22nd.
1. Joe Root (899)
2. Kane Williamson (829)
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal (792)
4. Steven Smith (757)
5. Usman Khawaja (728)
1. Jasprit Bumrah (870)
2. Ravichandran Ashwin (869)
3. Josh Hazlewood (847)
4. Pat Cummins (820)
= Kagiso Rabada (820)
1. Ravindra Jadeja (468)
2. Ravichandran Ashwin (358)
3. Shakib Al Hasan (285)
4. Joe Root (282)
5. Mehidy Hasan Miraz (272)
1. Babar Azam (824)
2. Rohit Sharma (765)
3. Shubman Gill (763)
4. Virat Kohli (746)
= Harry Tector (746)
1. Keshav Maharaj (695)
2. Rashid Khan (668)
3. Kuldeep Yadav (665)
4. Adam Zampa (663)
5. Josh Hazlewood (656)
1. Mohammad Nabi (306)
2. Sikandar Raza (288)
3. Glenn Maxwell (253)
4. Rashid Khan (250)
5. Gerhard Erasmus (245)
1. Travis Head (881)
2. Suryakumar Yadav (805)
3. Phil Salt (800)
4. Yashasvi Jaiswal (757)
5. Babar Azam (755)
1. Adil Rashid (721)
2. Akeal Hosein (695)
3. Rashid Khan (668)
4. Gudakesh Motie (664)
5. Wanindu Hasaranga (663)
1. Liam Livingstone (253)
2. Dipendra Singh Airee (230)
3. Marcus Stoinis (211)
4. Sikandar Raza (208)
5. Wanindu Hasaranga (206)
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