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Virat Kohli jumps to career-best 2nd place in Test rankings

MUMBAI: Indian batsman Virat Kohli has been awarded the second spot in the Test rankings after his third double century of the year helped the hosts seal their series victory over England.

According to new Test rankings by International Cricket Council (ICC), Kohli, who successfully made his third double ton of the year striking career-best 235 at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, jumped a place in the Test table and is in line to top the rankings in all three forms of the game.

He is just 11 points behind Australia captain Steve Smith in the ICC Test ratings. The Indian skipper is currently ranked second in ODIs and tops the Twenty20 chart.

India also rules at the top spot of the ICC Test rankings.

Meanwhile Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who has claimed 27 wickets in the four matches so far, comfortably held on to his top Test spot in the bowlers’ chart.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.