Joe Root: The top of ICC test batting ranking| England test's captain

 

Joe Root: England captain returns to top of ICC Test batting rankings

England captain Joe Root new number one Test batsman in the world; Root has scored three centuries in the ongoing series against India; Root overtakes New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson as the top-ranked Test batsman; England bowler James Anderson up to fifth in Test bowler rankings.

England captain Joe Root has returned to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings for the first time in six years.

"Ideally the type of my life is still to come at the same time, positively, I feel excellent at the moment. 

"I need to remain on track and persistent in my arrangement and the work I am doing behind the games so I allow myself the best opportunity to continue to bang out some great scores." 
In moving to the highest rated spot, Root has overwhelmed India skipper Virat Kohli, Australia couple Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith and Williamson, with Root the solitary batsman to score in excess of 800 runs this year. 
The run-scoring trouble that sits on Root's shoulders for England is exemplified by the reality Ben Stokes, presently on an endless rest, is England's next batsman on the rundown at number 16, while of the players as of now in the crew, Rory Burns sits 24th.
Without precedent for very nearly four years, Kohli isn't his side's top of the line batsman. After only one 50 years in seven innings since showing up in England, he has been usurped by opener Rohit Sharma at number five. 
Among the bowlers, previous world number one James Anderson is England's driving name, back up to number five in a rundown drove by Australian Pat Cummins, while Ollie Robinson's player of the match execution at Headingley sees him bounce up to 36th spot after just four Tests.