India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has once again returned to the top 10 of Test batting rankings as the lastest ICC rankings across the format shake up, with several of the world's top players making significant movements across the Test and ODI formats following an action-packed week of international cricket.
A productive second innings of this India win over Bangladesh in Chennai helped Pant reach the sixth position in Test batting rankings for 731 rating points.
That has kept him one ahead of compatriot Yashaswi Jaiswal, who lies fifth with 751 points. Indian captain Rohit Sharma keeps his position in the top ten despite slumping by five places, now sitting at tenth with 716 points after a disappointing outing with scores of under 10 in both innings against Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka's Prabath Jayasuriya was among one of the eye-catchers in the bowling, as he produced a spectacle performance in Galle. Jayasuriya took nine wickets against New Zealand, climbing five spots to eighth in the Test bowling rankings with 743 rating points.
Fellow Sri Lankan Asitha Fernando, however, slipped down to 13th. On the batting front, Kamindu Mendis moved up to 16th, while Dhananjaya de Silva made his presence felt in the all-rounder rankings, moving up five spots to 18th.
In ODI cricket, Afghanistan's emerging talents did something momentous. The young sensation Rahmanullah Gurbaz leaped 10 spots to eighth in the ODI batting rankings after scoring his seventh century before turning 23.
Gurbaz's meteoric rise in the ICC Men's ODI Batting Rankings is a historic moment for Afghanistan cricket as the batter became the first player from the country to enter the top 10 rankings. He surpassed Australian batter Travis Head with an outstanding run of form, while Head rose to ninth following his unbeaten 154 against England in the first of five ODIs.
Also making waves was Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who jumped eight places to third in the ODI bowling rankings after taking seven wickets in Afghanistan's first-ever ODI series victory over South Africa.
He was man for Afghanistan, making those crucial breakthroughs that made all the difference in their winning the first-ever ODI series over a top-five ranked team.
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