Steve Smith has been at the top for 167 Tests played worldwide in total, only behind Garry Sobers (189 matches) and Viv Richards (179 matches)

Southee attained career-best third position, while Rory Burns, Ollie Pope among others to advance with performances in the Lord’s Test

India remained the number one Test side after the annual update of the ICC team rankings was released on Thursday.

India head the table with a rating of 121 having accumulated 2914 points from 24 matches

Pant scored a match-winning 101 in the Ahmedabad Test, which India won by an innings and 25 runs to clinch the series 3-1.

Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin make rapid strides, reach 38th and 3rd, respectively

Ashwin hit an excellent 106 in India's second innings and took eight wickets with his off-spin in the second Test against England in Chennai

England captain Joe Root’s match-winning 218 in the first Test against India has helped him advance two places to third position, overtaking counterpart Virat Kohli in the process

Apart from Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara, Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is the other Indian batsman in the top-10

Jonny Bairstow, Shubman Gill, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne and Lahiru Thirimanne also gain in latest rankings released by ICC