New Delhi, June 24 -- England batter Joe Root and New Zealand seamer Matt Henry have risen to the top of the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings after the second match of their ICC World Test Championship series at The Oval, which the visiting side won by 253 runs to level the series 1-1.

Root begins his 12th stint as the No. 1 batter after scores of 46 and 77 helped him overtake team-mate Harry Brook and Australia's Travis Head to the top of the rankings, while Henry caught up with India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah at the summit of the bowling rankings after his match haul of 11-109, acccording to ICC Media release.

The Yorkshire pair of Root and Brook have now exchanged the top position six times over the past 18 months since Root overtook ...