Vintage Ajinkya Rahane on Wednesday climbed to the 37th position, thanks to his fiery comeback at the Oval, while Shardul Thakur rose to 94th among batters, even as Ravichandran Ashwin consolidated his position at the top among Test bowlers despite not featuring in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 final.

Interestingly, all the top three places in the rankings are occupied by Australia batters as Steve Smith and Travis Head joined top-ranked Marnus Labuschagne following their centuries in the WTC final win against India.