Pakistan may have lost the third Test versus England to suffer a 3-0 whitewash at home for the first time ever but the skipper Babar Azam gained on ICC rankings. He moved to no. 2 behind Marnus Labuschagne, after scoring 78 and 54 in two innings at Karachi.
England’s historic series win in Pakistan saw some of their batters make big gains as well. Ben Stokes moved two spots up to No. 23, Ollie Pope was one spot to No. 28, whereas the Player of the Series Harry Brook climbed 11 positions to enter the top 50 for the first time at 44th place.
ICC Test rankings: batters
| Rank | Player | Rating |
| 1 | Marnus Labuschagne | 936 |
| 2 | Babar Azam | 875 |
| 3 | Steve Smith | 870 |
| 4= | Joe Root | 826 |
| Travis Head | 826 | |
| 6 | Rishabh Pant | 794 |
| 7 | Kane Williamson | 786 |
| 8 | Dimuth Karunaratne | 748 |
| 9 | Rohit Sharma | 739 |
| 10 | Usman Khawaja | 719 |
Over in Australia, Travis Head had a fantastic outing at the Gabba where he scored 92 off 96 amidst all the chaos that saw 34 wickets fall inside two days. The player broke into the top five in the ICC rankings for the first time, now sitting joint-fourth with Joe Root.
Meanwhile, Indian veteran Cheteshwar Pujara went up 19 places after India’s dominant win over Bangladesh in the first Test at Chattogram. He scored 90 in the first innings and followed it up with 102 not-out. Shubman Gill, who made 20 & 110, also moved 10 places up to joint 54th while Shreyas Iyer’s 86 helped him gain 11 places to 26th.
In the bowlers rankings, Kagiso Rabada was a big gainer after his two four-fors in the Brisbane Test. He gained four positions to move up to no. 3. Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav – who led India’s bowling charge at Chattogram – now sit at joint 49 after gaining 18 and 19 places, respectively.
Shakib Al Hasan, who scored 84 in the second innings at Chattogram, also moved past Ben Stokes to no. 3 in Test All-rounders rankings.
