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India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant scripted history in the Headingley Test against England by scoring centuries in both the innings of the match. The 27-year-old became the first wicketkeeper-batter from India to achieve the feat and only the seventh player from the country to reach the rare milestone. However, despite his valiant efforts with the bat, the Men in Blue recorded a five-wicket defeat against the Three Lions as the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Following this sensational performance, Pant gained a place on the Test batter rankings and ended up on the seventh position with 801 rating points. This is the highest position he has ever reached on the rankings so it is nothing short of a massive achievement for him.
Other Indian batters also climbed places in the latest ICC Rankings
Elsewhere, Yashasvi Jaiswal maintained his fourth place on the rankings while both Shubman Gill and KL Rahul made significant gains. The former rose five places, reaching the 20th position while the latter climbed 10 places and reached the 38th position. This came after both of them scored tons at Headingley and helped India in forming formidable totals in both of their innings.
England batters also made massive gains following the victory as Ben Duckett, who was adjudged the Player of the Match at Headingley for his knocks of 62 and 149 in the first and second innings respectively, gained five places and reached the eighth position with 787 rating points.
On the other hand, both Joe Root and Harry Brook maintained their first and second place respectively on the Test batter rankings while Ollie Pope climbed three places and reached the 19th spot following his knock of 106 against the Men in Blue. Finally, Jamie Smith, who played an unbeaten inning of 44 with England chasing 371 on Day 5, rose eight places and reached the 27th position.
Meanwhile, in the Test bowler rankings, star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah maintained his premier position with 907 rating points. However, Ravindra Jadeja ended up losing three places and dropped down to the 13th spot. For England, Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue were the ones with the biggest gains with the former climbing eight places to reach the 32nd spot and the latter moving up 16 places to rise to the 64th position.
Finally, coming to the Test all-rounder rankings, Jadeja maintained his position at the top with 376 rating points while England skipper Ben Stokes gained three places and reached the fifth position. It will be interesting to see how the rankings look like following the conclusion of the second Test between England and India which is set to begin from July 2 at Edgbaston.
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