Steve Smith has regained top position in the ICC Test batting rankings after leapfrogging India captain Virat Kohli.
Smith missed the third Ashes Test at Headingley with concussion however has toppled Kohli after the latter captured a duck in the second innings of the series-sealing 257-run of India over West Indies at Jamaica.
The Australian heads the way with points a place back to 903 points along with New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson in position to 878 points.
Smith – who’s 144, 142 and 92 in his three innings in this Ashes series so far – could increase his tally through the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford this week although Kohli isn’t back in Evaluation actions until India host South Africa in October.
Smith became # 1 at December 2015 however Kohli overtook him when Smith was out of action owing to his single-family ban after the scandal.
After scoring a century and two fifties in four innings at the 2-0 series triumph over West Indies in the Caribbean, four places have climbed in 11th to seventh.
Jasprit Bumrah and Jason Holder have risen into the top five of the Test bowling rankings, with Bumrah up from seventh to Holder and third moving from 11th to fourth.
India seamer Bumrah picked up six wickets, such as a hat-trick, in West Indies’ first innings in Jamaica, while 5-77 was bagged by Windies skipper Holder at the opening dig of India.
Australia’s Pat Cummins (908 points) tops the standings, followed closely by South Africa’a Kagiso Rabada (851) and also Bumrah (835), together with Holder and James Anderson tied for fourth (814).
Holder remains the, together with Vernon Philander, Shakib Al Hasan, Ravindra Jadeja and Ben Stokes rounding out the top five.
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