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