Shami, Agarwal rise to career-best Test rankings after Indore show

Speedster Mohammed Shami and opener Mayank Agarwal on Sunday achieved ir career-best positions in latest ICC Test Rankings after contributing to India's innings and 130-run victory over Bangladesh in first Test in Indore. Shami's bowling figures of 3 for 27 and 4 for 31 lifted him eight places to seventh position. His 790 rating points are third-best for an India pace bowler with only Kapil Dev (877) and Jasprit Bumrah (832) having recorded more points. 
Double centurion Agarwal, meanwhile, climbed to 11th spot after his player-of--match effort of 243 in India's only innings. 28-year-old has reached 691 rating points after scoring 858 runs in his first eight Tests. Only seven batsmen have scored more runs than Agarwal in ir first eight Tests -- Don Bradman (1210), Everton Weekes (968), Sunil Gavaskar (938), Mark Taylor (906), George Headley (904), Frank Worrell (890) and Herbert Sutcliffe (872).

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Or Indian players who made progress

In or significant movements for India, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja jumped four slots to reach joint-35th position among batsmen while pacers Ishant Sharma (20th) and Umesh Yadav (22nd) have moved up one place each. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is in top 10 bowlers list while moving back to fourth position among all-rounders.For Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim's kcks of 43 and 64 have helped him gain five places and reach 30th position while Liton Das has moved up from 92nd to 86th position. Among bowlers, fast bowler Abu Jayed, who took four wickets in Indore, has advanced 18 slots to take 62nd position after only six Tests.

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India consolidate top spot in WTC rankings

Meanwhile, India strengned ir position in ICC World Test Championship (WTC) standings by reaching 300 points. y are yet to concede a point, having gained a full 120 points each in ir three-Test home series against South Africa and two-Test series in West Indies. Each Test of ongoing two-match series against Bangladesh is worth 60 points since 120 points up for grab in a series are evenly distributed over number of matches in a series. points range from 60 points for each match of a two-Test series to 24 for each match of a five-Test series. Sri Lanka and New Zealand are on 60 points each after drawing ir two-match series 1-1 while England and Australia are on 56 each after ir five-match Ashes series ended 2-2. West Indies and South Africa failed to get any points in ir opening series. Pakistan will play ir first WTC series against Australia starting later this week. first match of two-Test series starts in Brisbane on Thursday while second Test, a day-night fixture, will be played in Adelaide from vember 29. top two teams at end of league will play final in UK in June 2021 with winners crowned World Test Champions.

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