Joe Root Returns to No.1 in ICC Test Batting Rankings after Lord’s Heroics

Joe Root reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Test batting rankings with 888 points after scoring a match-winning 104 and 40 in England’s victory over India in the third Test at Lord’s, taking a 2-1 series lead. At 34, Root becomes the oldest player to lead the rankings since 2014, marking his eighth tenure as the No.1 ranked Test batter and moving past Rahul Dravid with his 37th Test hundred. In other rankings, Steve Smith rose to fourth, Cameron Green surged to 29th, while Indian players Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, and Shubman Gill dropped in the rankings after the match at Lord’s.

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