How many Indians are included in the top-5 batsmen in the ICC Test rankings? Revealed in the latest ranking.
IND vs ENG:
The Birmingham Test match being played between India and England is getting exciting session after session. 3 days of the game have ended, India has a lead of 244 runs. Now the question arises that how many runs England will target in the Birmingham Test will be enough for Team India?
India and England face each other in a five-match Test series. So far one test match has been played. The second match is in progress. Some batsmen from both teams have performed brilliantly.
India have a lead of 244 runs
In the first innings of the Birmingham Test, Team India scored 587 runs with excellent batting. At the same time, the host team of England was limited to the score of 407 runs. On the basis of the first innings, India got a lead of 180 runs. By the end of the third day, India had scored 64/1. India has a lead of 244 runs. The question arises that how many runs India will have to score from here to be considered a strong contender for victory in this match.
There has never been a Chase 400 in Birmingham
The biggest question in front of Team India at the moment is how much target should he give to England so that victory is guaranteed for them? Before knowing the answer, look at the statistics of Birmingham's Edgbaston Cricket Stadium, it is not easy to bat in the fourth innings here. A target of 400 runs has not been chased here till date. This means that if India crosses the mark of 400 runs, the chances of its victory will be about 90-100 percent.
Edgbaston's greatest run chase
If we talk about the biggest successful run chase at the Edgbaston Cricket Stadium in Birmingham, this record is registered in the name of England. England defeated India by 7 wickets chasing a target of 378 runs at Birmingham in July 2022. In this case, if India wants to lift its weight in this match, it will have to try to set a target of at least 450 runs in front of the hosts.
Which has also benefited them in the ICC rankings.
The first two places are occupied by English players. An Indian batter is included in the top-5. This is none other than Headingley Test centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal who played an innings of 87 runs in the first innings of Edgebest Test.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's rise in ICC rankings.
Team India's promising batsman opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is currently in great form. He scored a century in the first Test against England. At the same time, in the first innings of the second test, the innings of 87 runs came out from the bat of the left hand batter.
These players have reached the fourth position in the ICC test rankings. The 23-year-old player has 851 rating points. He reached this position after a brilliant performance against Australia in Melbourne. Jaiswal is the only Indian player in the top-5 in the batsmen's ranking. Wicketkeeper Batter Rishabh Pant is at number six with 801 rating points.
England's batsmen are present in the top-2.
According to the ICC's latest test ranking, England's veteran batsman Joe Root is number one in the list of batsmen. The 34-year-old batter has 889 rating points. Root batted brilliantly in the Multan Test match against Pakistan. Thanks to which he reached the top of the ranking. Apart from this, the right-handed batsman is also showing the essence of his bat in the Test series against Team India.
Harrow Brook, who played an innings of 158 runs in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test against India, is on the second place in the ICC Test rankings. The young batsman has 874 rating points. Brook batted brilliantly against New Zealand in the Test held in Wellington. After which he reached the highest ranking in his career.
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