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Rahmat Shah creates history, becomes first Afghanistan player to move into ICC top-10 rankings
Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah has created history by becoming the first player from Afghanistan to secure a place in the top 10 of any category in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings. Over the past few months, Rahmat has been in splendid form, with which he has had a massive rise in the latest rankings, jumping six positions to claim seventh place among Test batters.
It all comes on the back of a tremendous performance against Zimbabwe in the opening match of their two-match series in Sharjah, where Rahmat played a classy knock of 173 runs. To achieve this record, he overtook India's Shubman Gill, South Africa's Aiden Markram and Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's Craig Ervine also earned a notable improvement in the ICC rankings on the back of an impressive display in the same match. He climbed nine places to reach 48th position among Test batters in the wake of an unbeaten 206 in the second innings. There were also gains for a few players following the conclusion of the two-match Test series between Bangladesh and West Indies. West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican, who returned with 16 wickets in the series, rose 11 places to joint-19th in the Test bowling rankings.
Justin Greaves moved one place to joint-eighth among Test allrounders. Changes were also witnessed in the ODI rankings following the first two games of the ongoing five-match series between India and New Zealand. The Indian all-rounder hopped 23 places to 21st among ODI bowlers. Pacer Arshdeep Singh jumped 11 places to joint 31st after he returned with a four-wicket haul in the series opener in Auckland. Gurnoor Brar climbed 60 places to 48th in the ODI bowling rankings.
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