DUBAI: India skipper Virat Kohli increased into the fourth place whereas Australia batsman Steve Smith recovered the top place in the ICC Test rankings published on Wednesday.
Kohli, who can lead India at the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in the Hampshire Bowl at Southampton in Friday, has 814 points.
Maintaining Kohli business at the top 10 is flashy Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant (747 factors ) and celebrity opener Rohit Sharma (747 points), that have kept their joint position.
Smith, who claimed the top spot for first time as the Boxing Day Tests this past year, takes more than New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who’s set to direct his team at the WTC closing.
Williamson, who missed the second Test against England because of trauma, has dropped five points supporting Smith’s 891 evaluation points and is currently second in the batters’ record.
This usually means that Smith was in the very best for 167 Tests performed globally in total, just behind Garry Sobers (189 games ) and Viv Richards (179 games ).
From the Test bowling rankings, mature India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continued to inhabit the next position (850 points), supporting Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins (908 points).
Ashwin is the only Indian in the top 10.
West Indies’ Jason Holder kept his best place in the Evaluation all-rounder ranks with 412 evaluation points.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja (386 factors ) and Ashwin (353) are fourth and second respectively.
Kiwi pacer Matt Henry’s player of the game performance has raised him into some career-best 307 points and 64th place while Ajaz Patel also is in a career-high points tally of all 323.
Devon Conway continues his great run and can be at joint-61st place.
The positions upgrade also includes performances in the very first Test between South Africa and the West Indies at St Lucia.
Quinton de Kock finds himself at joint-12th place with Cheteshwar Pujara while his compatriot Adrian Markram includes progressed two slots to attain 14th position.
De Kock has obtained 11 rankings to reach his greatest place since December 2019.
Formerly top-ranked Kagiso Rabada has obtained two places to achieve seventh position following a five-wicket haul in the second innings,” Anrich Nortje is upward to the top 30 for the very first time in his career, while Lungi Ngidi is up 14 places to 44th place having a first-innings five-wicket drag.
Smith Replenishes Williamson as top-ranked Test batsman, Kohli Climbs to 4th
