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Harry Brook, the England batting sensation, who scored a triple hundred against Pakistan recently in Multan, overtook Yashasvi Jaiswal to reach joint-second spot alongside Kane Williamson in the latest ICC Test Batting Rankings. His teammate Joe Root, who is in number one spot in the rankings, reached career-high 932 rating points due to his remarkable consistency in recent months.
After his remarkable triple hundred, which helped England post the fourth highest total in Test cricket (823/7dec) before defeating Pakistan an innings and 47 runs, Harry Brook has jumped 11 places in the ICC Test Batting Rankings. He overtook the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Marnus Labuschagne, and Rishabh Pant, among others, to get his career-high ranking in the longest format of the game.
Harry Brook shared 454-run partnership with Joe Root; the highest for fourth-wicket in Test history
During the first Test of the three-match series against Pakistan in Multan, Harry Brook also shared a 454-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Joe Root, who notched up a double hundred of his own. The former England captain is now in the list of 16 players who have achieved 932 rating points or more in batting in Test cricket, but still he is 29 rating points behind the all-time greatest number achieved by Don Bradman.
Some of the contemporaries of Joe Root, who have earned rating points more than him in batting in Test cricket are Steve Smith (947) and Virat Kohli (937). Moreover, in the second Test of the three-match series in Multan, Joe Root and Harry Brook were dismissed relatively early by Sajid Khan, keeping Pakistan well in the contest against England.
