Kohli in No. 2; Rahane, Bumrah enter top-10 in ICC Test rankings

DUBAI, Dec 15: India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday jumped one place to second in the ICC Test ranking for batsmen, which also features Chesteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane at the seventh and 10th positions respectively.
Kohli is the leading Indian batsman in the chart with 886 rating points behind Australia’s Steve Smith.
Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson dropped a rung to the third spot. He is followed by young Australian batting sensation Marnus Labuschagne, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and injured David Warner. Pujara is seventh in the chart, followed by Ben Stokes, Joe Root and India Test vice-captain Rahane to complete the top-10 list.
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin are the two Indians who moved up the ICC Test rankings for bowlers to find a place in the at eighth and 10th spots respectively.
The list is being headed by Pat Cummins, followed by Stuart Broad and Neil Wagner. (PTI)