Kane Williamson leaps past Virat Kohli, Steve Smith to No.1 spot in Test rankings

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson scored an industrious century against Pakistan en route to leing his side to an emphatic Day 5 victory at Mount Maunganui’s Bay Oval. cricketer won ‘Player of Match’ award for his efforts and also rose two spots up latest ICC charts. Williamson overtook batting conisseurs Virat Kohli and Steve Smith as Black Caps skipper is w placed at top of ICC Test rankings for batsmen.

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ICC Test batting rankings latest updates: Kane Williamson tops list after Smith’s lacklustre outing

Kane Williamson ended first New Zealand vs Pakistan Test at home with a match aggregate of 150 runs across two innings. His recent batting marvels, coupled with Steve Smith’s decline of form enabled Black Caps skipper to take home .1 spot for batsmen in latest ICC Test rankings. While Indian captain Virat Kohli maintains his stay at second spot, Williamson and Smith swapped places after recently-concluded Boxing Day Test matches in New Zealand and Australia respectively.

ICC Test rankings: Kane Williamson dethrones Steve Smith for Test supremacy

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ICC Test batting rankings latest updates: Kane Williamson, Ajinkya Rahane among biggest winners

While Kane Williamson and Steve Smith exchanged places for .1 and . 3 spots in Tests, India’s interim captain Ajinkya Rahane turned out to be biggest winner, as per latest standings. Rahane, who started out MCG’s Boxing Day Test as 11th best Test batsmen in world, jumped five rungs to be w placed at .6. top 10 batting chart w comprises of three Indians in list, with batting barnacle Cheteshwar Pujara comfortably occupying his 10th position.

A look into ICC’s latest Test rankings for batsmen

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