Steve Smith surpassed Ricky Ponting's record
Latest ICC Batsmen rankings
March 8 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia captain Steve Smith has maintained his reign at the top for 77 Tests, going past Ricky Ponting’s 76 matches and now has the third longest stint at the top among Australians after Steve Waugh (94) and Don Bradman (93).
His team-mates Matt Renshaw has gained six places to reach a career-best 28th rank with knocks of 60 and five while left-hander Shaun Marsh has moved up five places to 37th position with scores of 66 and nine.
India captain Virat Kohli has conceded the second rank to England’s Joe Root after managing only 27 runs in the match and 40 in the series so far. Root is now one point ahead of Kohli at 848 points.
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Cheteshwar Pujara’s innings of 17 and 92 have lifted him up five places to sixth rank while Ajinkya Rahane has moved up two places to 15th rank after scoring 17 and 52 in Bangalore. Player of the match Lokesh Rahul has gained 23 places to reach 23rd spot after scores of 90 and 51.
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 936 59.32 939 v Ind at Pune 2017
2 (+1) Joe Root Eng 848 52.80 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
3 (-1) Virat Kohli Ind 847 49.90 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
4 ( - ) K.Williamson NZ 823 50.07 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
5 ( - ) David Warner Aus 794 48.27 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6 (+5) C. Pujara Ind 793 49.84 851 v SA at Durban 2013
7 (-1) Hashim Amla SA 787 49.99 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
8 (-1) Azhar Ali Pak 779 47.07 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
9 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 772 53.06 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
10 (-1) Q. de Kock SA 760* 51.04 769 v SL at Cape Town 2017
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