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OR Tambo International Airport: Right-handed opener Aiden Markram is amongst the South African players who have experienced a jump in the ICC Men’s Test rankings after becoming the World Test Championship (WTC) winners at Lord’s.

Markram, who hit a match-winning 136 off 207 balls in the chase of 282 against Australia, has risen seven places to be at eleventh place in the men’s Test batting rankings. He is now only two points behind New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, who is in 10th place with 725 rating points.

Markram, who also grabbed a couple of crucial wickets for South Africa, has also been rewarded in the all-rounder rankings by rising a whopping 44 places. David Bedingham, who was at the crease when South Africa got the famous win, has climbed 17 places in the batting rankings to be at 40th place alongside Australia all-rounder Cameron Green.