ICC Rankings: Steve Smith Overtakes Virat Kohli To Reach Number One Spot
Mumbai: Australia batsman Steven Smith has overtaken India captain Virat Kohli to reach first place in the ICC Test batsmen rankings.
The latest ICC ranking was released on Tuesday.
Kohli is yet to score a century in the longest format of the game this year and was able to score just 136 runs in a two-match series against the West Indies.
On the other hand, Smith has so far scored 338 runs in the ongoing Ashes and as a result, he has dethroned Kohli from the top spot.
Virat Kohli has now slipped to No.2 in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen with 903 points. Steve Smith leads Kohli by only 1 point but he will have the chance to consolidate that lead in the last 2 Test matches of the Ashes series against England.
Smith scored centuries in both innings of the first Test in the Ashes and was successful in scoring 92 runs in the second Test. He now averages 63.2 in Test cricket.
Kohli’s next chance to challenge Smith will be in the home Test series against South Africa starting on 2 October.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara retained the number 3 and number 4 rankings respectively, while Joe Root came in at number 6.
ICC Test Batsmen Rankings (As of September 3, 2019
1. Steve Smith
2. Virat Kohli
3. Kane Williamson
4. Cheteshwar Pujara
5. Henry Nicholls
6. Joe Root
7. Ajinkya Rahane
8. Tom Latham
9. Dimuth Karunaratne
10. Aiden Markram
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