Captain Virat Kohli Tops ICC Test Player Ranking List

Virat Kohli Tops ICC List

In the ICC Test player ranking list for the batsman, India captain Virat Kohli remained at the top with 728 points.

He has 17 runs more than Australian Steve Smith who is in second place.

Other Indian Players In The ICC List

Ajinkya Rahane,  with 759 points, jumped to the 8^th position. Chetashwar Pujara, with 791 points, is in the sixth place, being one of the three Indians in the top 10 list.

Ravindra Jadeja, with 438 points, settled himself in the third place in the all-rounder’s list.

India’s top-ranked bowler Jasprit Bumrah is at the 6^th place with 794 points. Ravichandra Ashwin is placed 8^th and right-arm fast bowler Mohammed Shami complete the top-10 in the bowlers’ list.

Sri Lankan Players In The List

Sri Lanka’s former captain Angelo Mathews is back again in the top-20 batsmen after helping his team in Harare win by 10-wickets.

Leading 1-0 in the two-Test series against Zimbabwe, Mathews after his 200 runs, moved up eight places to reach the 16^th position.

Other players of Sri Lanka who progressed in the rankings are Kusal Mendis who moved up from 30th to 26^th rank and Dhananjaya de Silva progressed from 39^th to 37^th rank.

While Suranga Lakman made it to the 22^nd position from the 26^th. Lahiru Kumara moved to 30^th from 32nd rank in the bowler’s list.

Other Players Who Made It To The List

Port Elizabeth Test is also included in the latest rankings in which England won by an innings and 53 runs to lead 2-1 in the four-Test series.

Ollie Pope won the player of the Match in Port Elizabeth for his 135. He moved up 52 slots to reach the 61st place.

Sam Curran and Dom Sibley reached 64^th and 76^th, respectively, by advancing four slots each.

Sikandar Raza of the Zimbabwe team moved up to 72^{nd  from 78th} among bowlers. Ben Stokes is presently ranked 10^th among batsmen and 29^th among bowlers.