<p>The Sri Lankan Men's National Cricket Team under the leadership of Dhananjaya De Silva secured a historic and comfortable eight-wicket victory over Ollie Pope-led England in the third &amp; final test-match of the three-match test series.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Despite the Three Lions securing a series win by a margin of 2-1 in the first two encounters, the island nation's victory in the final encounter is really special as this is their first win in the longest format of the game against the European nation in a decade.&nbsp;</p>



<p>In the final test match of the series, the Ollie Pope-led team set a decent target of 219 runs, which the visitors chased down easily.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Opener Pathum Nissanka played a crucial role, playing an unbeaten knock of 127 runs in the second inning to help his side cross the line and secure a historic-win.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The island nation's victory against the Three Lions in the third test match has created a lot of changes in the overall standings of ICC's World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle, pushing them up in the standings.&nbsp;</p>



<p>England's defeat on the other hand has led them to falling down in the standings.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The Sri Lankans have jumped to the fifth position in the WTC 2023-25 points table, while the Three Lions have dropped down to sixth place.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The Indian Cricket Team continues to maintain the first position in the WTC points table with a PCT of 68.52 next to their name, followed by the Aussies in the second position with a PCT of 62.05 and New Zealand at the third place with 50 PCT.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Bangladesh moved to the fourth spot in the points table after whitewashing Pakistan 2-0 in the recently concluded test-series.&nbsp;</p>



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<p>Sri Lanka's PCT has improved a lot from 33.33 to 42.85, which helped them make a jump of two spots from the seventh to the fifth position.&nbsp;</p>



<p>With consecutive wins against Sri Lanka in the first two matches, the Britishers had moved to fifth place. However, their defeat in the third and final test meant that their PCT took a hit and dropped to 42.18, leading to a big impact on their position and it pushed them to the sixth spot.&nbsp;</p>



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<p>For more information, visit the official website of <a href="https://www.icc-cricket.com/">ICC</a></p>

Updated WTC points table after Sri Lanka's historic victory over England in the third test

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<p>Cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC) recently revealed the updated ICC Men's Test player rankings on the 11th of September, 2024.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The updated rankings see England's hard hitting batter Harry Brook slip down by seven positions, while India's three batters have risen in the rankings by one-spot each.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Joe Root, the premier batter of the Three Lions, continues to reign supreme at the top of ICC?s Test batting rankings despite scoring just 13 and 12 runs in the third test match at the Oval against Sri Lanka, though his rating points have seen a decrease from 922 to 899, which provides an opportunity to New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Aussie batter Steve Smith to close down the gap between themselves and Root.</p>



<p>Similarly, another English batter, Harry Brook, has dropped in the batting rankings by seven spots to the 12th position after managing to score just 19 and three-runs in the third test against the Sri Lankans.</p>



<p>Ollie Pope?s inning of 154 runs has helped him make a jump of seven places to joint 27th spot along with Angelo Mathews while young sensation Jamie Smith moved by six places to the 30th rank after scoring a quick fifty in the second inning.</p>



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<p>However, England batters were not the only ones who made gains in the rankings. Six batters of Sri-Lanka have made massive gains in ICC?s recently updated Test batting rankings thanks to their historic eight-wicket victory over England in the third &amp; final Test-Match at the Oval.</p>



<p>The Island Nation secured their first away test victory in more-than-a-decade in the third-test match against the Three Lions, with captain Dhananjaya-de-Silva, opener Pathum Nissanka and middle order batter Kamindu Mendis starring with the bat.</p>



<p>Skipper De Silva was the top scorer for his side having played a crucial knock of 69 runs in the first inning, which allowed him to achieve his Test career?s best ranking batting wise, as he jumped from 16th to the 13th rank.</p>



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<p>Pathum Nissanka and Kamindu Mendis on the other hand, also achieved their Test career?s highest ranks, with the left handed batter rising by six spots to the 19th place thanks to his fifty against England while Nissanka?s fantastic knocks of 64 and 127* runs helped him to make a huge jump of 42 places to the 39th place.</p>



<p>Talking about the Indian players, despite not playing a test match since March of this year, the trio of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal have seen improvisations in their test rankings.</p>



<p>The Indian captain has moved to the fifth position, while his opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal is now sitting at the sixth place of ICC?s Test batting-rankings. Kohli, on the other hand, has occupied the seventh position.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>ICC Test Batting Rankings (Updated on 11th September, 2024)</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Rating</th><th>Name</th><th></th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>899</td><td>Joe Root</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_eng.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="ENG"></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>859</td><td>Kane Williamson</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_nz.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="NZ"></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>768</td><td>Daryl Mitchell</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_nz.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="NZ"></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>757</td><td>Steve Smith</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_aus.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="AUS"></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>751</td><td>Rohit Sharma</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_ind.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="IND"></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>740</td><td>Yashasvi Jaiswal</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_ind.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="IND"></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>737</td><td>Virat Kohli</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_ind.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="IND"></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>728</td><td>Usman Khawaja</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_aus.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="AUS"></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>720</td><td>Marnus Labuschagne</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_aus.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="AUS"></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>720</td><td>Mohammad Rizwan</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_pak.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="PAK"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td><br></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>ICC Test Batting Rankings (Updated on 11th September, 2024)</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Rating</th><th>Name</th><th></th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>870</td><td>Ravichandran Ashwin</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_ind.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="IND"></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>847</td><td>Jasprit Bumrah</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_ind.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="IND"></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>847</td><td>Josh Hazlewood</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_aus.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="AUS"></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>820</td><td>Pat Cummins</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_aus.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="AUS"></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>820</td><td>Kagiso Rabada</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_sa.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="SA"></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>801</td><td>Nathan Lyon</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_aus.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="AUS"></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>788</td><td>Ravindra Jadeja</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_ind.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="IND"></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>729</td><td>Kyle Jamieson</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_nz.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="NZ"></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>711</td><td>Matt Henry</td><td><img src="https://assets.cricket-rankings.com/images/flag/flags_nz.jpg" width="16" height="11" alt="NZ"></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>709</td><td>Shaheen Afridi</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



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Updated ICC Test Batting Rankings on 11th September | Indian and Sri Lankan players rise in the rankings

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