ISLAMABAD – International Cricket Council has revealed latest Test PlayersRankings.
Yasir Shah of Pakistan have made impressive gains in the latest MRF TyresICC Test Player Rankings following their contributions in their sides’convincing victories earlier this week.
Bairstow’s 110 and 15 was the cornerstone of England’s 42-run victory overSri Lanka in Colombo, which gave the visitors a 3-0 series win, Mominulscored 120 and 12 as Bangladesh defeated the Windies by 64 runs inChittagong for their maiden win over the Caribbean side, and Yasir recordedmatch figures of 14 for 184 as Pakistan bounced back in Dubai to level theseries with New Zealand following an innings-and-16-run victory.
These performances not only earned the three players the match awards, butalso reflected in the latest player rankings, which were released Wednesdaymorning.
Bairstow has returned to the top-20 in 16th place after rising six places,Mominul is now just outside the top-20 in 24th place after moving up 11places and Yasir is back in the top-10 in 10th position after jumping nineplaces.
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A number of other players have improved their rankings, followingimpressive performances in the just-concluded Tests.
In the batting table, which Virat Kohli of India continues to lead, AzharAli has moved up three places to 12th, Kusal Mendis is 20th (up by eightplaces), Ben Stokes is 31st (up by five places), Roshen Silva is 48th (upby five places) and Shane Dowrich is 58th (up by seven places).
Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Henry Nicholls leads the pack of batsmen who haveachieved career-high rankings.
