ICC Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma Attains Career-Best Rank; Axar, Ashwin Make Solid Gains

<p>Indian cricket team's star opener Rohit Sharma has finally been rewarded for his brilliant batting in the Test series against England. The fiery opener has reached career-best number eight position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings with a six-place jump. &nbsp;</p> <p>In the ongoing four-Test series against England, Rohit Sharma (296 runs in three Tests) is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs. This includes a century and a half-century. England captain Joe Root has scored the most 333 runs. Rohit's 161-run innings in Chennai helped India win the Ind vs Eng Chennai Test.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://ift.tt/3dT7PFj To Host India-England ODI Series After Maharashtra CM's Nod, But Without Spectators</a></strong></p> <p>Rohit Sharma top-scored with 66 runs in the first innings of Ind vs Eng Pink-ball Test in Motera and later played an unbeaten 25-run knock in the second innings. His rating points aggregate is 742, 20 more than his best of 722 in October 2019 was ranked among the top-10 Test batsmen in ICC rankings.&nbsp;</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1365936573628510210[/tw]</p> <p>At the same time, veteran spinner Ravichandan Ashwin has lifted himself four places up to third position in the Test rankings of bowlers with 823 rating points.</p> <p>Ashwin made this solid gain after an impressive performance in the Ind vs Eng test series. The off-spinner took seven wickets in the day-night Test against England at the newly built Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.</p> <p>Indian captain Virat Kohli is at number five spot and Cheteshwar Pujara at number 10. &nbsp;New Zealand captain Kane Williamson holds the top-spot in ICC Test batsmen rankings. His rating points aggregate is 919.</p> <p>Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel, who was adjudged as the man of the match at Motera, also made some solid gains after taking 11 wickets in the Pink-ball Test to reach 38th position. Akshar has so far bagged 18 wickets in 2 Tests in the four-match series so far. &nbsp;</p> <p>England spinner Jack Leach has moved up three places to 28th position and entered top 30 for the first time.&nbsp;</p>