Virat Kohli loses second spot to Steve Smith in Test rankings, Cheteshwar Pujara strikes as much as eighth

India skipper Virat Kohli was on Tuesday pushed to the third spot by Australian batsman Steve Smith within the ICC Test rankings for batsmen however middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara gained two locations to be quantity eight.
Kohli has 870 factors within the newest chart, issued on Tuesday. The Indian captain had pulled out of the continuing Australia collection after the primary Test to go on paternity go away. He and his actor spouse Anushka have been blessed with a child lady on Monday, the day India eked out a combating draw within the third Test in Sydney.
Smith (900 factors) is positioned second behind New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (919). The Australian had scores of 131 and 81 within the Sydney Test.
Williamson’s epic 238 within the second Test in opposition to Pakistan in Christchurch has helped him attain one of the best ever-rating factors by a New Zealand participant and consolidate his place on the prime of the listing.
Pujara, whose dogged half-centuries (50, 77) within the third Test helped India draw the match, is positioned eighth, simply behind his stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who misplaced one place.
Rishabh Pant’s scores of 36 and 97 have helped him acquire 19 locations to succeed in twenty sixth place.
Hanuma Vihari (52nd) and Ravichandran Ashwin (89th) too have gained after their combating knocks, as has Shubman Gill (69th).

Meanwhile within the bowlers’ listing, off-spinner Ashwin dropped two positioned to ninth and is adopted by compatriot Jasprit Bumrah, who misplaced one spot. No different Indian figures in bowlers’ top-10.
Pat Cummins continues to steer the chart adopted by British pacer Stuart Broad and New Zealand’s Neil Wagner.