ISLAMABAD – International Cricket Council unveils latest Test Playersrankings, Indian Skipper Virat Kohli dethroned by Australian player.
Australia’s Steve Smith reclaims No.1 spot on the MRF Tyres ICC TestRankings for batsmen. He dethroned India captain Virat Kohli who has nowslipped to No.2, following his first-ball duck in Jamaica.
Smith – who missed the third Test at Headingley – has a chance to extendthat lead in the fourth Ashes Test, starting Wednesday.
Smith was on the top spot since December 2015. But in August 2018 – whileserving a ban for his role in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal – Kohliovertook him on the charts.
The Australian No.4 fought his way back up, making twin centuries in thefirst Test against England and 92 in the second. He now averages 63.2 inTest cricket.Advertising
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Kohli can now only challenge Smith back home in the Test series againstSouth Africa, starting on 2 October.
As for the other Indian performers, Ajinkya Rahane returns to the top 10,rising four places to No.7 post his half-century and hundred in Antiguawhile Hanuma Vihari – described by Kohli as “the find of the series” – shotup 40 places to No. 30 after just six Tests.
