India skipper Virat Kohli has retained his number one position in the latest ICC Test batsmen’s rankings.
Kohli, who last featured in India’s 2-1 Test series win overAustralia, is sitting on 922 points. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (913) issecond and Cheteshwar Pujara (881) third in the rankings released on Monday.
In the team rankings, India remain in the first placefollowed by New Zealand (2) and South Africa (3) with England (4) and Australia(5) rounding up the top five.
In the bowlers’ list, two Indians feature in the top 10 withRavindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin holding the sixth and 10th spotrespectively.
England pace spearhead James Anderson has been ruled out ofthe four-day Test against Ireland starting on Wednesday due to a right calfinjury. Had the 36-year-old played the one-off Test, the second placed bowlerwould have got a chance to bridge the 16-point gap to Australia’s Pat Cummins.
Anderson was overtaken by South Africa fast bowler KagisoRabada (ranked third) in November last year and subsequently by current No 1Cummins.
In the all-rounders’ list, Jadeja is the best-ranked Indianat third spot.The left-arm spinner sits behind West Indies’Jason Holder and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.