ICC Rankings: Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara remain static, R Ashwin slips

Virat KohliIndia captain Virat Kohli and senior batsman Cheteshwar Pujara held their second and sixth positions respectively on the batsmens list while offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin slipped a notch to be at sixth among bowlers in the latest ICC Test rankings Australian speedster Mitchell Starc reached a careerbest fifth position among bowlers after his Playerofthematch performance in the Durban Test against South Africa helped his side win by 118 runs and take a 10 lead in the fourmatch seriesThe 28yearold Starc finished with a match haul of nine for 109 enabling him to overtake South Africas newball bowlers Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander among others eclipsing his previous best sixth position that he enjoyed in December 2016 Further the lefthanders 42 runs in the Test have not only helped him gain three slots to reach 74th position among batsmen but have also helped him make it to the topfive among allrounders He is now on 312 points 35 less than his tally when he was fourth on the allrounders list in August 2016Other Australia players to have gained in the latest rankings update include the Marsh brothers Shaun Marsh has reached a careerbest 16th position among batsmen with his 73 runs in the match while his brother Mitchell has moved up to 43rd place from his 56th rank before the Test to also reach his highest ranking among batsmen thus farMitchell has also gained one slot to reach 58th slot among bowlers For South Africa Aiden Markrams scores of 32 and 143 have helped him gain 28 slots to reach a careerbest 19th placeMarkram who had led South Africa to victory in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in 2014 has had a phenomenal rise as he sees himself in the top20 after only his seventh Test notching three centuries and two scores in the 90sIn other movements AB de Villiers first innings score of 71 not out was enough to pull him up one place to 12th position while Quinton de Kock has gained three slots to reach 22nd rank after scores of 20 and 83 in the matchIn the rankings for bowlers Keshav Maharajs haul of nine wickets in the match has helped him rise up to 18th rankCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the goThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever