Latest Test Rankings: Kohli Pays The Price For His Sloppy Form

Posted by Ransi Plick
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Mar 9, 2017
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed the latest test rankings of the players based on their current performance and it has been a mixed bag for players of all the teams. While the Indian skipper Virat Kohli has lost his second spot to Joe Root of England by a single rating point, Cheteshwar Pujara from India gained 6 ranks to rest on the sixth.

The latest ICC test ranking table for the batsmen is as follows:

Ranking

Player

Country

Points

1

Steven Smith

AUS

936

2

Joe Root

ENG

848

3

Virat Kohli

IND

847

4

Kane Williamson

NZ

823

5

David Warner

AUS

794

6

Cheteshwar Pujara

IND

793

7

Hashim Amla

SA

787

8

Azhar Ali

PAK

779

9

Younus Khan

PAK

772

10

Quinton de Kock

SA

760

 

Apart from this, Ajinkya Rahane rests unmoved on his 15th spot, while Lokesh Rahul gains the maximum edge by climbing 26 spots. His match winning knocks have now offered him a place on 23rd spot in the latest ICC Rankings.

Among the bowler’s rankings, the first two spots have been bagged by the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Both the spinners have similar ratings points of 892 and jointly hold the first spot. Josh Hazelwood of Australia is at the third spot, while there have been no other major changes in the top ten list of bowlers.

The current ICC Test Ranking table for the bowlers is as follows:

 

Ranking

Player

Team

Points

1

Ravindra Jadeja

IND

892

1

Ravichandran Ashwin

IND

892

3

Josh  Hazlewood

AUS

863

4

Rangana Herath

SL

827

5

Kagiso Rabada

SA

821

6

Dale Steyn

SA

819

7

James Anderson

ENG

810

8

Stuart Broad

ENG

803

9

Vernon Philander

SA

798

10

Mitchell Starc

AUS

757

 

Apart from the batsmen and the bowlers, there had been a major change in the list of ICC test all-rounders. On account of his sloppy batting form in the current series against Australia, Ravichandran Ashwin of India lost his first spot to the Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib al Hasan, who regains his top spot after a certain time period. Ashwin is 7 points behind the Bangladeshi all-rounder. Subscribe us for latest sport news.

The latest ICC test Rankings for the All-Rounders is as follows:

 

Ranking

Player

Team

Points

1

Shakib Al Hasan

BAN

441

2

Ravichandran Ashwin

IND

434

3

Ravindra Jadeja

IND

360

4

Mitchell Starc

AUS

332

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