Rohit Sharma becomes 3rd Indian batsman to reach top 10 in all formats

Rohit Sharma has become the third Indian batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats after a memorable series against South Africa in which he donned the new role of Test opener.

Rohit emulated captain Virat Kohli and retired opener Gautam Gambhir as his knock of 212 in the third Test in Ranchi helped him advance 12 places to 10th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings.

Rohit's player of the series effort of 529 runs



helped him make huge strides from 44th place before the series. The 'Hitman' has held a career-high ranking of second in ODIs in February 2018 and seventh in T20 in November 2018.

Ajinkya Rahane's knock of 116 in Ranchi has helped him equal his career-high rank of fifth place, achieved earlier in November 2016. He remains the third-best Indian batsman in terms of Test rankings after Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara.