Dubai: India captain Virat Kohli has moved up
a spot to be fifth in th latest ICC Test rankings for batsmen
while teammate Ravindra Jadeja has slipped a place to be third
in the bowlers' standings.
Kohli has edged Warner to take fifth position after
completing his 50th international century in the first match
of a three-Test series against Sri Lanka in Kolkata.
Kohli, who is top-ranked in both ODIs and T20Is, knocked
up a fine 104 not out on day five before the game ended in a
draw.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan has gained two places to reach 28th
position while among India s bowlers, pace bowler Bhuvneshwar
Kumar has gained eight places to reach a career-best 29th
position and Mohammad Shami has moved up one slot to 18th
position.
Jadeja, who started the Sri Lanka series with the
opportunity to reclaim the top bowling and all-rounder
rankings, could not work towards the objective in Kolkata as
all Sri Lanka batsmen fell to pace bowlers.
Jadeja has slipped to third position among bowlers and
also lost 20 points in the rankings for all-rounders, but
still has a lot to look forward to in the remaining matches.
For Sri Lanka, Niroshan Dickwella has gained three slots
to reach 37th position among batsmen while off-spinner
Dilruwan Perera has moved up three places to reach 22nd
position among bowlers.
In the team rankings, fifth-placed Australia will overtake
England if they win the Ashes by a margin of 2-0 or better and
could even go up to third position if they can complete a 5-0
series washout. In the event of being blanked out, England
will slip down to 98 points.
On the other hand, third-placed England will go up to
110 points with a 5-0 win, in which case Australia will slip
to 91 points and could be down to sixth position.
India lead the table with 125 points while South Africa
are in second place with 111 points.
