Dimuth Karunaratne closes in on top 10 of ICC Men's Test Player Rankings

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal’s knocks of 92 and 24 have helped him gain three places to reach 27th position.

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Dimuth Karunaratne. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne has closed in on a top-10 spot in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after a successful second Test against Bangladesh in Kandy which his side won by 209 runs to clinch the two-match series 1-0.

The opening batsman struck 118 and 66, moving up four slots to 11th position in the list led by New Zealand captain Kane Williamson. Karunaratne’s career-best ranking is sixth, attained in August 2019. He is the top-ranked Test batsman from Sri Lanka with Angelo Mathews next in the list in 24th position.

Niroshan Dickwella (up four places to 31st), Oshada Fernando (up 10 places to 58th) and Lahiru Thirimanne (up 13 places to 60th) are the other Sri Lanka batsmen to advance while left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama’s player of the match haul of 11 for 178, the best figures by a Sri Lankan on Test debut, sees him enter the rankings in 48th position.

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal’s knocks of 92 and 24 have helped him gain three places to reach 27th position while Mushfiqur Rahim and captain Mominul Haque have inched up a slot each to reach 21st and 30th positions, respectively, in the latest men’s weekly update that includes the first Test between Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

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Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali’s haul of nine for 89 in the first Test against Zimbabwe in Harare not only won him the player of the match award for starring in the innings victory but also enabled him to gain 15 slots and reach a career-best 20th position among bowlers.

Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi (up two places to 31st) and left-arm spinner Nauman Ali (up 12 places to 54th) have also advanced in the list for bowlers while left-handed batsman Fawad Alam continues his fine run, moving up 31 places to a career-best 47th position after scoring 140, his fourth century in 10 Test matches. Abid Ali is up six places to 78th position.

For Zimbabwe, Regis Chakabva has gained two slots to reach 97th position while fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani has progressed 26 slots to reach 55th position with figures of four for 73.

Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Tests according to the latest ICC Rankings

S.NoPlayerTeamRating
1Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand919
2Steve SmithAustralia891
3Marnus LabuschagneAustralia878
4Joe RootEngland831
5Virat KohliIndia814
6Rishabh PantIndia747
7Henry NichollsNew Zealand747
8Rohit SharmaIndia747
9Babar AzamPakistan736
10David WarnerAustralia724

Here are the Top 10 bowlers in Tests according to the latest ICC Rankings

S.NoPlayerTeamRating
1Pat CumminsAustralia908
2Ravichandran AshwinIndia850
3Neil WagnerNew Zealand825
4James AndersonEngland822
5Josh HazlewoodAustralia816
6Tim SoutheeNew Zealand811
7Stuart BroadEngland792
8Jason HolderWest Indies755
9Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa753
10Mitchell StarcAustralia744

Here are the Top 5 all-rounders in Tests according to latest ICC Rankings

S.NoPlayerTeamRating
1Jason HolderWest Indies423
2Ben StokesEngland393
3Ravindra JadejaIndia386
4Ravichandran AshwinIndia353
5Shakib Al HasanBangladesh338

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