ICC said that player rankings will move to a weekly updating system from March 2021 for both men and women.
Opener Rohit Sharma touched his career-best eighth position in the ICC Test Batsmen’s Rankings on Sunday with a six-place jump after his impressive show in India’s 10-wicket win over England in the low-scoring third Test in Ahmedabad. Rohit top-scored in the first innings with 66 and remained unbeaten on 25 in the second to move ahead of compatriot Cheteshwar Pujara among others.
His rating points aggregate is 742, 20 more than his best of 722 in October 2019 when he was ranked 10th.
Player of the match Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin have also made solid gains after playing a crucial rile in India’s win on a spin-friendly track.
Left-arm spinner Patel’s 11-wicket match haul has helped him gain 30 slots to reach 38th position while off-spinner Ashwin’s seven wickets have lifted him four places to third position.
England spinner Jack Leach has entered the top 30…