Steve Smith shocked! A fellow player’s big rise in ICC rankings, ‘this’ has changed

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the latest Test rankings on Wednesday (July 12). The Ashes 2023 series has seen constant reshuffles in the ICC rankings over the past few weeks. Steve Smith, who was in advantage last time, has to bear losses this week. But his teammate, Travis Head, is second in the Test rankings.

New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is at number one. Williamson has 883 points and has retained his number one position this time as well. However, if Travis Head continues to perform like this, he could soon become the best Test batsman. Head currently has 874 points and has climbed to second place. He needs 10 more points to overtake Williamson. Williamson has been out of action for the past few months due to injury. He will need more time to come back. In this way, it seems that he will soon lose the number one position in the ranking.

Meanwhile, Head played an important knock for Australia in the third Ashes Test against England. When the team was in trouble, Head was able to score 39 runs in the first innings and 77 runs in the second innings. But Australia lost this match by three wickets. Australian legend Steve Smith (Steve Smith) however failed in this match. Smith scored 22 runs in the first innings and 2 runs in the second innings of this match. This lackluster performance not only cost the Australian team, but also affected its Test rankings. Smith has slipped to fourth in the latest Test rankings with 855 points. He has lost two positions.

Apart from this Marnus labuchagne was also damaged. Labuschagne has dropped to fifth place with 849 points. Earlier he was ranked third. Pakistan captain Babar Azam is once again at number three. Last time he was out of the top five. Babar currently has 862 points. Australia’s opener Usman Khawaja is ranked seventh with 824 points. India’s Rishabh Pant (758 points) is the only one who has retained his place in the top 10 batsmen. Virat Kohli (700) has dropped two places to 14th. While Indian captain Rohit Sharma (729 points) is at the 13th position. However, Virat and Rohit can improve their Test rankings from the Test series against West Indies starting on Wednesday (July 12). (Travis Head moved up to second spot in the latest ICC rankings, while Steve Smith suffered a loss)

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