New Delhi: The match-winning knocks of 97 and 103 in the just concluded third Test between India and England at Trent Bridge have got Virat Kohli back to the top of the ICC Test rankings for batsmen. According to an ICC release, the India skipper’s batting display took him to 937 rating points and that helped him topple Steve Smith from the top of the charts. Having reached the No.1 spot after the Edgbaston Test, a poor outing at Lord’s saw him slip down.
With 937 points to his name, Kohli is now just one point outside the top 10 of an all-time rating points list: Don Bradman (961 points), Steve Smith (947), Len Hutton (945), Jack Hobbs and Ricky Ponting (both on 942), Peter May (941), and Gary Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Vivian Richards and Kumar Sangakkara (all on 938 points).