Indian skipper Virat Kohli retains second position in ICC Test rankings

Dubai, April 5: Skipper Virat Kohli, the gem of Indian cricket retained the second position in the MRF Tyres ICC Rankings for Test Batsmen that was released on Wednesday. Australia's Steve Smith is comfortably placed at the top of the Test player ranking.

 

Notably, Indian skipper Virat Kohli holds on to his second position in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings while Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara remains at seventh position. Australia's Steve Smith is comfortably placed at the top of the Test player ranking. South Africa opener Aiden Markram, sustained his surge towards the top during an amazing first year in Test cricket, making his way to the ninth position among the batsmen ranking.

Meanwhile, Indian Test spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slipped one place in the bowlers ranking to take the fifth position while Ravindra Jadeja holds on to his second spot in the all-rounders ranking. Meanwhile, New Zealand have leapfrogged Australia to third place in the ICC Test Team Rankings.

The swapping of places has resulted in a clear gain of 100,000 US Dollars for New Zealand as they will now receive 200,000 US Dollars from ICC for taking the third spot on the cut-off date of 3rd April. Australia will get half that amount after finishing fourth.