India Tops ICC Test Rankings, Kohli Retains 2nd Spot

New Delhi, March 3, 2020:

The ICC test results are out and it shows that India has retained its Number One spot.

The second in the ICC ranking is New Zealand with six points lesser than India, followed by Australia in the third spot.

Indian captain Virat Kohli remained static at second in the ICC rankings despite a dismal Test series against New Zealand.

The 0-2 result against New Zealand was India’s first series loss in the World Test Championship.

New Zealand opener Tom Blundell and his Indian counterpart Prithvi Shaw and debutant paceman Kyle Jamieson were among the biggest movers in the rankings that were announced on Tuesday.

Blundell had a successful series against India, scoring 117 runs in four innings, with one half-century, which put him among the top two run-scorers in the series.

Australia’s Steve Smith retained his top spot, holding a 25-point advantage over Kohli.

Among bowlers, Tim Southee’s Player of the Series winning performance against India took him into the top five, with a jump of two places to No.4, while Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult returned to the top 10, gaining four places each to occupy the seventh and ninth positions respectively.

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