Australian skipper Steven Smith's 21st Test century innings which play a crucial effort in Australia's ten-wicket win, took his points tally to 941, and put him at par with former England captain Peter May at No. 5 on the list of highest points tally in batting history, behind Sir Don Bradman (961), Len Hutton (945), Jack Hobbs (942) and Ricky Ponting (942). A solid performance in the upcoming Adelaide Test, which starts from December 2, could boost Smith's chances of climbing to second on this list.

As for Indian batsmen Pujara, this is the third time he has claimed the second rank, having first reached the position after the Ranchi Test against Australia in March, and then again in August, after scoring 133 runs against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Pujara is currently 11 points ahead of his captain Virat Kohli, who remained at the fifth place despite adding 60 points to his tally, after his fifth Test double-hundred innings of 213 runs against Sri Lanka in Nagpur. Kohli has accumulated 877 points.

ICC rankings: Top ten Test batsmen 1. Steven Smith (941), 2 Cheteshwar Pujara (888), 3 Joe Root (881), 4 Kane Williamson (880), 5 Virat Kohli (877), 6 David Warner (826), 7 Hashim Amla (795), 8 Azhar Ali (755), 9 KL Rahul (735), 10 Dean Elgar (732)

Top ten Test bowlers - 1 James Anderson (891), 2 Ravindra Jadeja (880), 3 Kagiso Rabada (876), 4 R Ashwin (849), 5 Rangana Herath (807), 6 Josh Hazlewood (798), 7 Nathan Lyon (753), 8 Dale Steyn (748), 9 Neil Wagner (745), 10 Mitchell Starc (744)