Virat Kohli Bridges Gap With Top-Ranked Steve Smith In Latest ICC Test Rankings

Mumbai: Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper has decreased the gap between India and Steve Smith. This came after a brilliant century from him. ICC test ranking has revealed this on Tuesday 26 November.

Kohli went on to score a century in India’s first-ever day-night Test against Bangladesh and it has helped reduce the gap between him and Smith from 25 points to just three. He is on 928 points and smith is on 931 points.

Indian opening Mayank Agarwal has also entered the top-ten for the very first time in his career and is now positioned at the tenth spot.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane remain on their spot I.e, 4th and 5th.

India fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav are also at career-high points tallies after victory over Bangladesh.

Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also moved one spot and is now placed at the ninth place. He has 772 points now in ICC Test Rankings of Bowling.

Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne played a knock of 185 against Australia and it has helped him reach the 14th spot in the batsmen rankings.

While New Zealand’s wicket-keeper batsman BJ Watling scored a double-century against England and it has lifted him to the 12th place in the rankings.

David Warner who was in the bad form in Ashes has scored a century against Pakistan to end his run-scoring drought in the longest format, and he now is positioned at the 17th place.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has entered the top ten for batsmen for the first time after registering scores of 91 and 28 in the Test against New Zealand.

Steve Smith is the top-ranked batsman in the rankings while Australia’s Pat Cummins is at the top of bowling rankings with 907 points.

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