India, July 16 -- After a record-breaking outing in Birmingham earlier this month, where he scored 430 runs in the second Test against England, Shubman Gill hit his first roadblock in the series, managing just 16 and 6 in the third Test at Lord's. The India captain paid the price for the setback, slipping in the ICC rankings. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant also weren't spared, as the ICC on Wednesday crowned a new No. 1 Test batter.

Knocks of 269 and 161 at Edgbaston, where India scripted a record 336-run win, had propelled Gill to a career-best sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings. However, after scoring just 22 runs in the third Test - which India lost by 22 runs to fall behind 1-2 in the series - he dropped three places, slipping to...