Indian captain Rohit Sharma has seen a dramatic decline in his ICC Take a look at batting rating, dropping to his lowest place since December 2018 within the newest ICC replace on Wednesday. This replace introduced notable adjustments throughout the rankings, with one of the vital putting shifts being Sharma’s nine-place drop from fifteenth to twenty fourth, in line with Wisden. This marks his lowest rating in practically six years. Beforehand, he had fallen to forty fourth after scoring 63 not out and 5 towards Australia in Melbourne in December 2018.

Sharma’s kind noticed a major enhance following his twin centuries (176 and 127) towards South Africa in October 2019, elevating him to seventeenth within the rankings. Since then, the bottom he had slipped was to twenty third in February 2021 after scores of 6 and 12 towards England. From February 27, 2021, to February 21, 2023, Sharma constantly remained within the prime ten, reaching a career-high ranking of 813 and rating because the fifth-best Take a look at batter globally in September 2021.

At present, Sharma’s ranking has dropped to 649, his lowest since February 2021 when it stood at 626. His current poor performances in house matches towards Bangladesh and New Zealand have contributed to this decline. Within the Bengaluru Take a look at towards New Zealand, he managed scores of solely 2 and 52, adopted by 0 and eight in Pune, resulting in India’s first house Take a look at collection defeat in 12 years.

Different Indian gamers additionally skilled rating drops. Virat Kohli fell six locations to 14th, whereas Rishabh Pant slipped 5 spots to eleventh.

Moreover, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah misplaced his No. 1 rating amongst bowlers to South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada. Pakistan spinner Nauman Ali entered the highest ten amongst bowlers.

On a constructive notice, Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel surged 20 locations to succeed in seventh within the batting rankings, and Rachin Ravindra moved into tenth. India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal gained one spot, transferring into third place, displacing Harry Brook.