World Cricket Rankings – 15th July 2018

Cricket Rankings – Men

Test Teams Rankings

India still remains as the top test team in the Men’s cricket rankings while South Africa lost their first test against Sri Lanka to remain at the 2nd spot. West Indies won their test series against Bangladesh and increased their test team rating in the Men’s cricket rankings.

Test Batsmen Rankings

Steve Smith remains the top ranked test batsman with Virat Kohli and Joe Root placed at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. The upgrades in rankings were of Aiden Markram and especially Dimuth Karunaratne who recent performances against West Indies and South Africa placed him at the 10th position.

Moreover, Brathwaite’s string of centuries also put him at 13th while Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal’s struggles with the bat degraded his rank in the Men’s Test batting cricket rankings.

Test Bowling Rankings

 Despite losing the first test to Sri Lanka, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada habit of picking up wickets retained him at the top rank of the Test bowlers cricket rankings.

Noticable upgrades in ranks were of Rangana Herath and Jason Holder, who performed in their respective series and are now placed at 9th and 13th respectively.

Test All-Rounder Rankings

Shakib Al Hasan’s 6 wickets and a half century made sure that the Bangladeshi captain retained his number one all-rounder spot. Meanwhile, Jason Holder won the series for West Indies and his contribution with bat and ball allowed him to break into the top 5 Men’s all-rounder rankings.