Birmingham, Virat Kohli became the number one batsman in the test after one day international matches. In the first test match between England v India, ICC has released the new ranking of the test players. The indian team was defeated by the English team in the first test match but the Indian captain, Virat Kohli has shown the tremendous performance in the first test match and he became the number one batsman in the test cricket.
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Virat Kohli scored century and he made total 200 runs in the first test match against England and he got the career best 934 points. The Australian skipper, Steven Smith, who was banned due to the accusation of the ball tempering case, was deprived of his 32 months long ruling in the test cricket ranking. He is the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, who became the number one batsman in the test cricket.
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There is no other change in the top ten chart. The English wicket keeper batsman, Johnny Bairstow got the 4 points and he moved to the 12th position. Azhar Ali is present on the number 15 in the top 20 players and he is sole Pakistani player, who is present at this ranking. In the list of the top 10 bowler, there is no change and James Andersen is present at the number one position and Pakistani Yasir Shah is the sole Pakistani bowler, who is present in top 20 bowlers.
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