Kane Williamson: New Zealand’s great batsman Kane Williamson has once again reached the first place in the list of ICC Test Player Rankings. At the same time, Australia’s Jos Hazlewood has become the number-one bowler in the ODI format, while India’s Mohammad Siraj has now slipped to number three. Let us tell you that, Mohammad Siraj was the number one bowler in the ICC ODI format for the last few weeks, but now he has been replaced by Jos Hazlewood of Australia and he himself has come at number three.
Williamson scored a lot of runs against Sri Lanka
Talking about New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson, he has played many good innings recently, due to which he has reached the first place in the ICC Men’s Test rankings. Kane achieved this feat by scoring 215 runs in the 2-match home Test series with Sri Lanka. Kane Williamson became the top run-scorer in the New Zealand-Sri Lanka series as his team beat the visitors 2-0.
Kane Williamson left Australia’s top-2 batsman behind in the ICC Test rankings with his best innings. Marnus Labuschagne was at the top of the ICC Test rankings, while Steve Smith was at number two. The 4-match Test series played in India was not very good for both these players, which directly benefited Kane Williamson and he went on top leaving both of them behind.
India benefited from Kane’s innings
Let us tell you that Kane Williamson played a brilliant century in the second innings of the first Test against Sri Lanka and gave his team victory by just 2 wickets on the last ball of the match in a thrilling match. India benefited from that victory of New Zealand and the Indian team went to the final of the World Test Championship.
