India, Virat Kohli retains first place in ICC test ranking | Cricket News



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DUBAI: In Australia, the Indian team and its skipper Virat Kohli consolidate their respective poles in the latest ranking of the Test series, in Australia, in the latest ranking published Monday by the ICC tests.

India, with 116 points, remained the first test team while skipper Kohli (922 points) was 25 points ahead of second-ranked New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (897).

After his series of dreams, Cheteshwar Pujara is ranked third among the drummers, while the young Turkish Rishabh Pant ranks in the top 20 with the 17th rank, his best career result.

In the list of bowlers, Kagiso Rabada remains in the lead while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are the top ranked Indians in fifth and ninth places respectively.

Fast thrower Jasprit Bumrah climbed to 15th place with 711 points.

England will have to win Wednesday its next three-game series against the West Indies to retain third place while Australia and Sri Lanka will compete for points in their two-game series beginning the next day.

A 3-0 sweep will bring England to 109 points, but they will remain behind India and South Africa, while the West Indies will remain in eighth position regardless of the how matches will be played.

In other series starting Thursday, Australia and Sri Lanka will remain in fifth and sixth place respectively, regardless of the series result.

Australia will gain three points and reach 104 if it wins 2-0, Sri Lanka losing two and going down to 89 in such a scenario.

Sri Lanka can go up to 95 points and two points from Australia with a 2-0 series win.

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