Team India recently faced a crushing defeat in the Test series played against Australia. Virat Kohli's bat has been completely quiet in this series. On the other hand, Pakistan also faced defeat in South Africa. But Babar Azam was very successful as a batsman in this series.
This strong performance has given Babar Azam a huge boost in the ICC Test rankings. Babar has gone far ahead of Virat Kohli in the ranking of batsmen in Tests. On the other hand, Virat has faced a huge loss.
Babar Azam scored 193 runs at an average of 48.25 in 4 innings of the two-match Test series against South Africa. During this time he also scored 3 half centuries. Due to which he has jumped 5 places to 12th position in the ICC Test rankings. Earlier it was ranked 17th.
Babar Azam's rating is now 697. Before the series against South Africa, Babar Azam was not even included in the list of top-20 batsmen. But he made a huge comeback in this series.
Virat Kohli had a bad tour of Australia. He managed to score only one century in 9 innings of 5 Test matches, apart from this he could not touch the 50-run mark in any innings. During this time he scored only 190 runs.
Due to this poor performance, Virat has now dropped three places in the ICC Test rankings. He has now reached the 27th position, his rating has dropped to 614. In such a situation, now Virat Kohli is in danger of being out of the top-30.
England's Joe Root remains in first place. Harry Brook is second, Kane Williamson third, Yashaswi Jaiswal fourth and Travis Head fifth. Apart from this, South Africa's Test captain Temba Bavuma has reached the sixth position. This is his all-time best ranking. His rating also increased to 769, which is his all-time high rating. (All Photo Credit : PTI)
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