Dubai: Indian team captain Captain Virat Kohli continues to top the latest Test batting rankings of the International Cricket Council (ICC) released on Monday. Virat is 17 points ahead of former Australia captain Steve Smith, who is in second place with 928 points. Smith scored 43 and 16 against New Zealand in the first day-night Test played in Perth. Australia won this match by 296 runs.

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Cheteshwar Pujara, the batsman of the Indian team, remains at fourth and sixth position with 791 and Ajinkya Rahane 759 points. Young Australian batsman Marnus Labuschen has also come up in the rankings. Labushen had played the best innings of 143 and 50 against New Zealand in the Perth Test. With this, Labushen has reached the 5th position with the improvement of three positions. At the same time, Babar Azam of Pakistan, who played an unbeaten 102 runs in the first home Test against Sri Lanka, reached the top 10 for the first time. Babar rose from 13th to ninth in the Test rankings. Along with this, Abid Ali, who scored a century in the debut test and ODI formats, has also benefited.

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On the other hand in the bowling rankings, India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has slipped to number six. Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins remains at number one. New Zealand's Neil Wagner, who took seven wickets in the Test against Australia, has once again reached number three with a career-best rating of 834 points.

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