Virat Kohli, Siraj among big gainers; Rohit Sharma enters Top 10 for batters, Babar Azam drops – India TV
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Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were the
Image Source : GETTY Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were the architects of India’s win in Cape Town against South Africa

The International Cricket Council (ICC) updated the rankings on Tuesday, January 9 which saw Indian superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma make big gains as far as the batters were concerned while pace duos of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj and Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood for Australia made a huge jump as well. Since both India and Australia won their respective Test matches in Cape Town and Sydney, their players got the big jumps while Pakistan superstar Babar Azam dropped on the batters list.

Kohli, who was the leading run-getter for India in the two Test matches on tough pitches in Centurion and Cape Town, jumped three places to No.6 position while Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who gave positive starts rose four places to No.10 position. Rohit’s resurgence meant the likes of Travis Head and Saud Shakeel, who had below-par performances with the bat in three-match Test series, dropped out of Top 10.

Babar Azam, who had a highest score of 41 in the whole series, also dropped a couple of places to No. 8. Among other batters who rose were Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, who with a couple of good knocks moved up three places to No. 4 while Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan with a half-century in Sydney moved to joint 16th place after rising by 10 places.

 





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