DUBAI: Indian captain Virat Kohli on Monday lost his number one position in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, dropping to second after a forgettable efficiency in the lost second Test in opposition to England.
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Kohli lost the location to former Australian captain Steve Smith, who is these days serving a one-year ban owing to his role in the ball-tampering scandal in opposition to South Africa earlier this year.
The India captain performed knocks of 23 and 17 at the same time as his facet succumbed to 107 and 130 for an innings and 159-run loss at Lord's.
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The low scores and one-sided defeat have ended in a fall in rankings for many India gamers with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin being the notable exception.
He has moved up in the record for batsmen from 67th to 57th, with defiant innings of 29 and 33 now not out.
Ashwin has also leap-frogged South Africa's Vernon Philander to snatch the third position among all-rounders. On the other hand, all-rounder Hardik Pandya has moved up 25 places to take the 74th spot among bowlers.
James Anderson has develop into only the 7th England bowler and the first in 38 years from his country to breach the 900-point mark in the rankings after a very good efficiency in the second one Test in opposition to India, the ICC said in a commentary.
Anderson's fit figures of nine/43 enabled him to reach 903 points and sign up for a choose team comprising Sydney Barnes (932), George Lohmann (931), Tony Lock (912), Ian Botham (911), Derek Underwood (907) and Alec Bedser (903), all of whom peaked at over 900 points all the way through their careers.
England's all-time main wicket-taker in Tests with 553 scalps, Anderson is the one one to claim 100 Test wickets at Lord's. He is the first England bowler to breach the coveted mark since Botham touched 900 points in August 1980.
Anderson now leads second-placed South Africa rapid bowler Kagiso Rabada through 21 points in the bowlers' record.
Another one to make a mark in the Lord's Test and whose performances mirror strongly in the latest rankings replace is player of the fit Chris Woakes, whose splendid century and helpful bowling efforts see him move up in all three charts - for batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders.
Woakes, who slammed an unbeaten 137 in England's only innings and chipped in with 4 wickets in the fit, has gained 34 places to reach a career-best 50th position among batsmen whilst also transferring up three places to 32nd among bowlers and through five places to 7th among all-rounders.
Another England player to catch the eye in the latest rankings is wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow, whose 93-run knock has lifted him again to the highest 10, in ninth place. Stuart Broad (up one place to 12th) among bowlers, and batsmen Jos Buttler (up one place to 69th) and Ollie Pope (125th), have also completed well with regard to rankings.
READ ALSO: Shastri-Kohli duo might face BCCI questions for debacle in England
Kohli lost the location to former Australian captain Steve Smith, who is these days serving a one-year ban owing to his role in the ball-tampering scandal in opposition to South Africa earlier this year.
The India captain performed knocks of 23 and 17 at the same time as his facet succumbed to 107 and 130 for an innings and 159-run loss at Lord's.
READ ALSO: India were caught in a typhoon at Lord's: Dean Jones
The low scores and one-sided defeat have ended in a fall in rankings for many India gamers with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin being the notable exception.
He has moved up in the record for batsmen from 67th to 57th, with defiant innings of 29 and 33 now not out.
Ashwin has also leap-frogged South Africa's Vernon Philander to snatch the third position among all-rounders. On the other hand, all-rounder Hardik Pandya has moved up 25 places to take the 74th spot among bowlers.
James Anderson has develop into only the 7th England bowler and the first in 38 years from his country to breach the 900-point mark in the rankings after a very good efficiency in the second one Test in opposition to India, the ICC said in a commentary.
Anderson's fit figures of nine/43 enabled him to reach 903 points and sign up for a choose team comprising Sydney Barnes (932), George Lohmann (931), Tony Lock (912), Ian Botham (911), Derek Underwood (907) and Alec Bedser (903), all of whom peaked at over 900 points all the way through their careers.
England's all-time main wicket-taker in Tests with 553 scalps, Anderson is the one one to claim 100 Test wickets at Lord's. He is the first England bowler to breach the coveted mark since Botham touched 900 points in August 1980.
Anderson now leads second-placed South Africa rapid bowler Kagiso Rabada through 21 points in the bowlers' record.
Another one to make a mark in the Lord's Test and whose performances mirror strongly in the latest rankings replace is player of the fit Chris Woakes, whose splendid century and helpful bowling efforts see him move up in all three charts - for batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders.
Woakes, who slammed an unbeaten 137 in England's only innings and chipped in with 4 wickets in the fit, has gained 34 places to reach a career-best 50th position among batsmen whilst also transferring up three places to 32nd among bowlers and through five places to 7th among all-rounders.
Another England player to catch the eye in the latest rankings is wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow, whose 93-run knock has lifted him again to the highest 10, in ninth place. Stuart Broad (up one place to 12th) among bowlers, and batsmen Jos Buttler (up one place to 69th) and Ollie Pope (125th), have also completed well with regard to rankings.
ICC Test rankings: Kohli loses top spot to out-of-action Smith
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