Ashwin rises to No.1 among bowlers; Rohit back among top-10 batters in ICC Test rankings
India skipper Rohit Sharma was back in the top 10, ranking sixth in the batting charts of the latest ICC Test rankings on Wednesday.
India skipper Rohit Sharma was back in the top 10, ranking sixth in the batting charts of the latest ICC Test rankings on Wednesday.
Kohli's innings of 74 & 4 in the Adelaide Test, which India lost by eight wickets, has enabled him to gain two points, whereas Smith's 1 & 1* lost him 10 points in the table.
Stuart Broad has moved up one slot to second position after a haul of 4/56, while countrymate James Anderson has moved up two slots to 14th.
On ending the 18 months reign of Jason Holder, Ben Stokes has become the first England cricketer to achieve the feat since Andrew Flintoff in May 2006.
Jason Holder, who picked seven wickets including a haul of six for 42 in the first innings, is now on a career-best 862 points in bowlers rankings.
Meanwhile, England all-rounder Ben Stokes has gained two slots to reach 27th among bowlers.
Notably, the rankings have been updated after the Port Elizabeth Test which England won by an innings and 53 runs to take a lead of 2-1 in the four-match Test Series against South Africa.
Labuschagne only remains behind Virat Kohli and Steve Smith in the Test rankings after an outstanding double-century against New Zealand in Sydney.
Currently ranked fourth in the ICC Test rankings, Australia's newfound Number 3 started the year in 110th place.
Michale Vaughan said that England and Nez Zealand do not deserve to be the second and the fourth-ranked Test teams in the world.
