Rishabh Pant Rises to 6th in ICC Test Batters' Rankings, Climbing 5 Spots

India's wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant jumped five places to reach the sixth spot on the latest ICC Men's Test Batter Rankings after a knock in the third Test against New Zealand in Mumbai last week.

Pant's gain had come after scoring two half-centuries during the match. He had returned to form following a serious car accident.

A left-hander, Yashasvi Jaiswal, is the second Indian batter in the top Test batter rankings. The young left-handed opener slipped one position to fourth.

New Zealand survived two powerful challenges from India at Wankhede Stadium to win by 25 runs on Friday, completing a three-nil series victory over India. Pant and New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell were the big gainers in the top-10 Test batter rankings.

Mitchell gained eight places to seventh following an 82-run first-innings knock, joining his compatriot Kane Williamson at second as the only New Zealanders in the top 10.

At the top of the chart, England's Joe Root is followed by Williamson, Harry Brook at third, Jaiswal at fourth and Steve Smith at fifth.

India's Shubman Gill moved up by four places to 16th following his score of 90 in the first innings against New Zealand, while player-of-the-series Will Young of New Zealand made a big jump of 29 places to 44th.

Ravindra Jadeja jumped two places to sixth in the Test bowling rankings by taking 10 wickets for New Zealand, leaving him still behind only one man - top-ranked Kagiso Rabada.
Australia's Josh Hazlewood was second and India's Jasprit Bumrah and Australia's Pat Cummins and Ravichandran Ashwin were some of those behind him.

India's Washington Sundar jumped up seven places to 46th position among Test bowlers. In the case of New Zealand, not only did the India match throw a challenge in its way, but spinners Ajaz Patel, who leapt 12 places to 22nd position, and Ish Sodhi, who gained three places to 70th position, were doing quite well in the race as well.