ICC RANKINGS : ROOT ON TOP, BABAR'S REIGN CONTINUES

Root regains his recently lost top spot after two hundreds in as many matches against New Zealand.

Root's replacement of labuchane, in recent test ranking updates, is significant in terms of his regaining the top which he had lost to the same Labuchane in Ashes earlier this year. Jeo Root gained 17 points at the back of his 176 against Kiwis in second test. Labushane will have his chances against Sri Lanka in their upcoming series this month. However Jeo Root is due to play 4 more test matches this summer against India and south Africa. Thus the battle for top spot will remain focus in the upcoming two months.

In the bowling department, Trend Boult made a break through in Top 10 with wickket laden performances in booth test matches against England. Southee and Jamison lost point due to a dry second second test in term of wickets.

In Odi, Babar Azam remains the best batsman in the world with his series winning battimg performance against west Indies. Though he did not get any point nor lost any at the end of the series, but the wode gap between him and the number 2nd batsman provided him solidity om top spot. Imam ul Haq meanwhile achieved his best career ranking as 2nd ranked batsman due to his [man of the] series winning performance against west indies. He replaced Kholi on second postion which is the first time in 44 months that Kholi is not in top 2 of ODI ranking.

In t20 international, Josh Hazelwood remains the top bowler in the world after his meticulous series gainst Sri Lanka.

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