India’s swashbuckling wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant reached a career-high seventh in the newest ICC Test rankings for batters on Wednesday (June 25, 2025), following his twin centuries in the series-opener in opposition to England in Leeds.
India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill jumped 5 rungs to twentieth total following his century in the primary innings of the match that his crew misplaced by 5 wickets regardless of setting England a stiff goal of 371.
Pant, who grew to become solely the second wicketkeeper to hit two a whole lot in the identical match throughout the first Test of the five-match sequence, climbed one spot in the checklist.
Before the 27-year-old Pant joined him, Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower remained the only stumper with two centuries in the identical Test match.
Pant struck 134 and 118 in the thrilling Leeds Test that England received by 5 wickets.
There was little change in the rankings for Test bowlers, with India’s tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah sustaining his place on the high of the charts following one more five-wicket haul in the Headingley Test.
Meanwhile, Ben Duckett, who was adjudged Player of the Match for his scores of 62 and 149 in England’s victory, jumped 5 locations to eighth in the rankings.
Duckett’s teammates Ollie Pope (up three spots to nineteenth) and Jamie Smith (up eight locations to twenty seventh) additionally made vital good points.
England veteran Joe Root remained the No.1 ranked Test batter, with teammate Harry Brook his closest challenger.
England skipper Ben Stokes gained three locations to maneuver as much as fifth in the checklist for Test all-rounders following stable contributions with each bat and ball throughout the identical recreation.
The drawn first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh noticed a number of their gamers make some inroads in the newest batters’ rankings. Mushfiqur Rahim led the way in which, following his innings of 163 in Galle.
Rahim gained 11 spots to maneuver to twenty eighth for Test batters, whereas teammate Najmul Hossain Shanto jumped a whopping 21 locations to enhance to twenty ninth on the identical checklist after he scored a pair of tonnes in the identical match.
