India captain Virat Kohli maintained his lead at the top spot among batsmen but bowler Jasprit Bumrah lost a spot in the latest ICC Test rankings

Virat Kohli, who had struck a fine 136 in the day-night Kolkata Test against Bangladesh last week to reach 928 points, is now five points clear at the top of ICC Test Batting Rankings after Steve Smith's knock of 36 in the Adelaide Test against Pakistan saw him slip to 923 points from 931 before the match

Mohammed Shami's match haul of 7/58 in the Indore Test against Bangladesh lifted him eight places to seventh position in the ICC Test Rankings. Mayank Agarwal, who hit a double-century, climbed to the 11th spot.

Rohit Sharma, who smashed a double-century and two hundreds in the three-match Test series against South Africa, is the third India batsman to reach the top-10 of ICC rankings across formats.

Rohit Sharma, who scored 176 and 127 against South Africa in Visakhapatnam, has jumped to a career-best 17th spot in the ICC Test Player Rankings.

Steve Smith remains at 937 rating points, an incredible effort since he started the series in the fourth position with 857 points before his surge that came courtesy 774 runs in four Tests. Virat Kohli, with 903 rating points, is 34 points behind the Aussie batsman

After a busy week which featured three Test matches – England vs Australia, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand and West Indies vs India – the ICC released the latest rankings with Virat Kohli still maintaining his lead in batting charts while bowler Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ben Stokes made huge strides

With 378 runs in three innings in the ongoing Ashes series, Steve Smith leapfrogged Kane Williamson to second place on the ICC Test rankings. The gap between Smith and the No. 1 Test batsman, Virat Kohli, is just nine rating points.

After hitting back-to-back centuries against England in the first Ashes Test, former Australia captain Steve Smith gained one spot to return to top-three in the batsmen's ranking. But Kohli still leads the charts, followed by New Zealand captain Kane Williamson

James Anderson, who was overtaken by Kagiso Rabada (ranked third) in November last year and subsequently by the present No. 1 Pat Cummins, is ranked second and has a chance to bridge the 16-point gap in the Lord's Test against Ireland, starting Wednesday.