Published 19:05 IST, September 3rd 2019

Kohli dethroned from 'Numero Uno' spot in Tests, Smith grabs top spot

Kohli has lost out the top spot in Test rankings to Steve Smith. This happened after the Indian skipper was dismissed for a golden duck against West Indies.

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India skipper Virat Kohli lost his numero u status after being toppled by Australia's Steve Smith in batsman's chart, while Jasprit Bumrah rose to third position among bowlers in latest ICC Test Rankings released on Tuesday.Kohli slipped to .2 spot following his first-ball duck in Jamaica Test, while Smith returned to top spot riding on his twin centuries in first Ashes Test against England and 92 in second match.Among ors, Ajinkya Rahane returned to top 10, rising four places to .7, after following up his half-century and hundred in Antigua with ar useful fifty in Jamaica. Hanuma Vihari, described by Kohli as " find of series", shot up 40 places to .30 after just six Tests following a fruitful West Indies tour.With India beating West Indies by 257 runs in second Test here on Monday, Kohli registered his 28th Test win from 48 matches, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 27 wins from 60 Tests, to become country's most successful captain in longest format.

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How Smith overtook Kohli?

However after having me 76 in first innings of second Test against West Indies, Kohli me a first-ball duck in second essay. He is yet to d to his 25 Test hundreds after three Tests this year.That allowed Smith, who missed third Test at Heingley, to open up a single-point le in latest rankings. He has a chance to extend that le in fourth Ashes Test, starting at Manchester on Wednesday.Smith was on top spot since December 2015. It was only in August 2018, when he was serving a ban for his role in ball-tampering scandal, that Kohli overtook him after reaching career-high rating points in series against England. Australian .4 has fought his way back up charts in his first series back from ban, making twin centuries in first Test against England and 92 in second. He w avers 63.2 in Test cricket. Kohli's next chance to challenge Smith will be in home Test series against South Africa, starting on October 2.

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Jasprit Bumrah grabs third spot in ICC Test rankings

In ICC Test rankings for bowlers, Bumrah, who is currently .1 ODI bowler, continued his impressive run to climb up to third spot with a career-best 835 rating points.Bumrah is w only behind Australia's Pat Cummins and South Africa's Kagiso Raba.West Indies skipper Jason Holder, who is alrey .1 on ICC Test rankings for all-rounders, rose seven places to join England's James Anderson at fourth spot. He picked up six wickets in second Test, including 5/77 in first innings. 

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Among or movers in bowling chart were India's Mohammed Shami (up one to .18) and Ishant Sharma (up one to .20).Bumrah, who earlier in series became fastest Indian to pick up 50 Test wickets, has h an exceptional time in red-ball cricket since his debut in early 2018, racing to 62 wickets in just 12 matches. In just-concluded two Tests against West Indies, Bumrah finished with 13 wickets at a strike rate of 9.23. That included figures of 5/7 in first Test and a hat-trick in first innings of second Test at Sabina Park, Jamaica. India won series 2-0.

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17:56 IST, September 3rd 2019