Test Rankings: Becomes No. 1 batsman if Root beats Rohit-Kohli

- Jo Root first became No. 1 in the Test rankings in August 2015 (917 ratings)

New delhi date. 15 June 2022, Wednesday

Former England Test captain Joe Root is in strong form in Test cricket. In the ongoing series against New Zealand, Joe Root has created a horse race and Root has also got the benefit of it. Jo Root has now become the No. 1 batsman in the Test rankings. Joe Root tops the latest rankings released today.

Before the start of the ongoing series between New Zealand and England, Marnus Labushen of Australia was the No. 1 Test batsman but Jo Root knocked him out of the series. Now English batsman Joe Root has 897 points while Marnus Labushan has 892 points.

Number	Top -10 batsmen
1.	If the root
2.	Marnus Labushen
3.	Steve Smith
4.	Babar Azam
5.	Ken Williamson
6.	Dimuth Karunaratne
7.	Usman Khwaja
8.	Rohit Sharma
9.	Travis Head
10.	Virat Kohli

Joe Root first became No. 1 in the Test rankings in August 2015 (917 ratings) while the last time he was in this position was in December 2021. Jo Root became the new No. 1 Test player for a total of 163 days. If we talk about Fab Four, Steve Smith (1,506 days), Virat Kohli (469 days) and Ken Williamson (245 days) are at No. 1.

If you look at the batsmen of Team India, there are only 2 Indian players in the top-10. Rohit Sharma is at No. 8 with 754 ratings and Virat Kohli is at No. 10 with 742 ratings. Former England captain Joe Root has so far played 2 matches in the ongoing series against New Zealand in which he has scored 305 runs including 2 centuries.