Dubai:Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and captain Shubman Gill are the only Indians in the top 10 of the latest ICC Test batting rankings, occupying eighth and 10th positions respectively. Both Pant (713 rating points) and Gill (697) have dropped a rung in the list.

Another Indian Yashasvi Jaiswal finds himself in the 13th spot. The Test batters chart is being headed by England’s Harry Brook and Joe Root, followed by Auatralia’s Travis Head, South Africa’s Temba Bavuma and Steve Smith.

Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah has created history by becoming the first player from his country to enter the top 10 in any category of the ICC Test Player Rankings. Rahmat climbed six spots to career-best seventh on the rankings for Test batters following his innings of 173 in the opening match of Afghanistan’s two-game series against Zimbabwe in Sharjah.

It was the fifth Test century of Rahmat’s career and his second this year, lifting the 33-year-old above India captain Shubman Gill, South Africa opener Aiden Markram and Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis into the top 10 for the first time.