Virat Kohli turns a headache for Steve Smith as he bridges the gap for No. 1 Test rank

Ashwin also jumped to seventh place in the bowlers' rankings.

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India captain Virat Kohli has reached to within one point of top-ranked Steve Smith in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after his imperious 254 not out in the second Test against South Africa in Pune helped take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Virat Kohli, who had dropped below 900 points after the first Test for the first time since January 2018, has reached 936 points, which is only one below his career-best rating points achieved in August 2018. The No. 1 ODI batsman thus has a chance to regain the top spot after the final Test in Ranchi.

Opener Mayank Agarwal continues to rise up the rankings. His innings of 108 has lifted him into the top 20 for the first time. He has progressed eight places to reach 17th position after contributing to India’s victory by an innings and 137 runs.

Ashwin jumps to seventh place in bowlers’ rankings:

Ravindra Jadeja is at a career-best 40th position among batsmen while spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and fast bowler Umesh Yadav have advanced among bowlers after finishing with six wickets each in Pune. Ashwin has gained three places to reach the seventh position while Yadav has moved up six places to 25th, just four below his best of 21st achieved in July 2016.

For South Africa, tail-enders Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj have gained with the bat. Philander has moved up from 92nd to 82nd while Maharaj has advanced from 130th to 115th.

India have gained 40 points in the ICC World Test Championship table after the Ranchi win to reach 200 points. They had won a full 120 points for a 2-0 series win in the West Indies and are in line to double that tally in this series.

The points in the WTC are evenly distributed over the number of matches in a series (two to five), which were decided by the Member countries as per their bilateral agreements. Thus, the points can vary from 60 for each match of a two-Test series to 24 for each match of a five-Test series.

Here are the latest player rankings:

Batsmen

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Steve SmithAustralia937
2Virat KohliIndia936
3Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand878
4Cheteshwar PujaraIndia817
5Henry NichollsNew Zealand749
6Joe RootEngland731
7Tom LathamNew Zealand724
8Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka723
9Ajinkya RahaneIndia721
10Quinton de KockSouth Africa704
17Mayank AgarwalIndia657
40Ravindra JadejaIndia551
82Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa407
115Keshav MaharajSouth Africa256

Bowlers

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Pat CumminsAustralia908
2Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa835
3Jasprit BumrahIndia818
4Jason HolderWest Indies814
5James AndresonEngland798
6Trent BoultNew Zealand795
7Ravi AshwinIndia792
8Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa791
9Neil WagnerNew Zealand785
10Kemar RoachWest Indies780
25Umesh YadavIndia600
114Senuran MuthusamySouth Africa25

All-Rounders

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Jason HolderWest Indies472
2Ravindra JadejaIndia414
3Shakib Al HasanBangladesh397
4Ben StokesEngland387
5Ravi AshwinIndia328

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