ISLAMABAD – International Cricket Council unveils the latest Test BatsmenRankings, Indian skipper Virat Kohli faces the worst blow.
Australia star Steve Smith is back on top of the list of batsmen in the MRFTyres ICC Test Player Rankings after India captain Virat Kohli failed tolive up to his name in his two innings in the first Test against NewZealand in Wellington.
International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a press release that Kohlidropped 5 points after a poor outing in Wellington Test.
It may be recalled that India skipper scored only 2 runs in the firstinnings and 19 in the second innings of India’s 1st Test against NewZealand.
Kohli is currently at the second spot in the ICC rankings for Test batsmenwith 906 points, while Smith is on top with 911 points. Besides Kohli,Ajinkya Rahane (760), Cheteshwar Pujara (757) and Mayank Agarwal (727) arethe three Indian batsmen in the top 10 list at 8th, 9th and 10th positionsrespectively.
ICC’s press release said that this is the eighth time that Smith is on topof the rankings after first reaching on top of the Test batsman list inJune 2015.
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at the third spot with 853 points.Williamson jumped to third positon after gainingd 31 points due to his hisinnings of 89 in the first Test against India.
“New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and Colin Grandhomme have moved up the batsmen’slist while fast bowlers Tim Southee and Trent Boult have made big gainsafter finishing with nine and five wickets, respectively.
Southee has advanced eight spots to take sixth position, which is hishighest since a career-best fifth place in June 2014. Boult has moved upfour slots to take joint-13th position,” said ICC in a press release.
