England’s star batter Joe Root has additional cemented his place among the many all-time greats by attaining a brand new career-high ranking on the most recent ICC Males’s Check Batter Rankings. Root’s extraordinary knock of 262 throughout England’s crushing victory over Pakistan within the first Check in Multan has propelled him to a private better of 932 ranking factors. This achievement surpasses his earlier excessive of 923 factors, inserting him amongst an elite group of solely 16 gamers within the historical past of Check cricket who’ve reached a better mark. Root’s dominant place on the high of the rankings now sees him lead by over 100 factors, with teammate Harry Brook climbing 11 locations to share second place with New Zealand’s Kane Williamson.

Brook’s meteoric rise comes after his exceptional triple-century in the identical match, the place he and Root mixed for a record-breaking 454-run partnership for the fourth wicket. England’s Ben Duckett additionally made a notable leap, transferring up 5 spots to 14th within the Check batter rankings after his composed 84 towards Pakistan.

For Pakistan, Salman Agha and captain Shan Masood gained floor as effectively, with Salman leaping 11 locations to twenty second and Masood climbing 12 locations to share 51st.

On the bowling entrance, England’s Gus Atkinson (up three locations to twenty third) and Jack Leach (up 9 locations to twenty eighth) benefited from their wicket-taking performances, whereas Root’s versatility as a participant was recognised as he moved as much as third on the Check all-rounder rankings.

The T20I rankings additionally noticed a shake-up following India’s dwelling collection towards Bangladesh and the opening matches of West Indies’ conflict with Sri Lanka. West Indies opener Brandon King surged 4 locations to eighth within the T20I batter rankings, whereas Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka moved up three spots to twelfth.

Amongst T20I bowlers, West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie jumped to second place, trailing solely England’s Adil Rashid, with Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana climbing 5 spots to succeed in fifth.

India’s Ravi Bishnoi made strides as effectively, transferring up 4 locations to eighth, whereas Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed soared 11 spots to land at nineteenth on the T20I bowling listing.