India skipper Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah on Monday retained their number one position in the ICC batsmen and bowlers’ rankings, respectively, following the conclusion of the World Cup.
India had lost to New Zealand in the semifinals of the WorldCup.
Players from England and New Zealand, champions andrunners-up, have moved up rankings after featuring in an exhilarating final atLord’s here on Sunday.
The latest rankings update, which takes into accountperformances from the semifinals and the final, sees players from either sidereach personal bests during the last two stages.
Player of the tournament Kane Williamson reached acareer-high 799 points after the semifinal against India, in which he scored animportant knock of 67. He ended the tournament at 796 points, gaining twopoints from his two matches, while his compatriot Ross Taylor has ended thetournament in fifth place, having reached a career-best 841 rating pointsearlier in the tournament.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has ended the tournament at acareer-best 694 points, gaining five places and moving into the top 20 and towithin two places of his career best of 18th two years ago.
Jason Roy’s 85 from 65 balls in the semi-final win overAustralia has helped him into the top 10 for the first time.
Another notable gainer in the rankings for batsmen isRavindra Jadeja, whose valiant knock of 77 against New Zealand has lifted him24 places to 108th position. The Australia pair of captain Steve Smith andwicketkeeper have gained two places each to reach 29th and 32nd positions,respectively.
In the rankings for bowlers, Chris Woakes’s efforts of threefor 20 in the semifinal and three for 37 in the final have lifted him to acareer-best 676 points and seventh place, just behind the sixth position hereached in April 2017.Joffra Archer has continued his steady climb,reaching the top 30 for the first time in his career, after finishing with 20wickets in the World Cup.