Kiwis skipper Kane Williamson slipped one place to be at No.4, being replaced by Joe Root, while Markram set camp on the 9th spot, speeding past Azhar Ali and Hashim Amla. David Warner, also suspended for a year by Cricket Australia, is currently resting at fifth rank. In the bowling rankings, Vernon Philander, on the back of his best match figures ever that he collected in the final game of the series, moved to the third spot, behind James Anderson and fellow pacer Kagiso Rabada, who sits atop the rankings with 897 points. Pat Cummins moved up to the sixth spot, while Morne Morkel, who retired from international cricket, bowed out with at the seventh rank. The Indian spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin slid down to the fourth and fifth position respectively. In the all-rounder's rankings, Vernon Philander ascended further up, pulling down Ravichandran Ashwin to the fourth spot. Here are the entire rankings: BATTING Steven Smith- 929 Virat Kohli- 912 Joe Root- 867 Kane Williamson- 847 David Warner- 820 AB de Villiers- 813 Cheteshwar Pujara- 810 Dean Elgar- 784 Aiden Markram- 759 Azhar Ali- 755 BOWLING Kagiso Rabada- 897 James Anderson- 891 Vernon Philander-845 Ravindra Jadeja- 844 Ravichandran Ashwin- 803 Pat Cummins- 800 Morne Morkel- 800 Trent Boult- 795 Rangana Herath-777 Neil Wagner- 765 ALL-ROUNDERS Shakib Al Hasan- 421 Ravindra Jadeja- 391 Vernon Philander- 372 Ravichandran Ashwin- 368 Ben Stokes- 329