Kagiso Rabada tops ICC Test rankings

Kagiso Rabada

Indian skipper and swashbuckling batsman Virat Kohli has dropped to the third spot with England captain Joe Root replacing him in the second position in the latest Test batsmen rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC), yesterday. Kohli struggled to make runs just like his teammates during his side's 72-run defeat against South Africa in the opening Test in Cape Town. He dropped 13 points after managing just five and 28 runs in the two innings. Australia's Steve Smith is unchanged on 947 points in first position.

Among the bowlers, South African Kagiso Rabada became the number-one ranked Test bowler. Rabada returned figures of three for 34 and two for 41 against a star-studded India batting line-up. Rabada is the seventh South Africa bowler to top the Test rankings after Aubrey Faulkner, Hugh Tayfield, Peter Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander.

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