India Test captain Virat Kohli reached a career-high fourth position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after producing a man of the match performance in the second Test against England which India won by 246 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Virat Kohli is currently top-ranked in Twenty20 Internationals and has also held the top position in One-Day Internationals, but has never moved above 10th place in Tests.
However, his sublime knocks of 167 and 81 in Visakhapatnam have helped him jump 10 slots and cross the 800-point mark for the first time, becoming only the 11th India batsman to do so.
For his efforts in Visakhapatnam,Virat Kohli has earned 97 points. The 28-year-old from Delhi now trails second-ranked Joe Root of England by 22 points. Another strong performance in the Mohali Test, which begins on Saturday will mean he will edge closer in his quest to top the batting table
| Rank | Points | Name Highest Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 897 | Steve Smith | 936 on 20th July 2015 against England | ||
| 2 | 844 | Joe Root | 917 on 10th August 2015 against Australia | ||
| 3 | 838 | Kane Williamson | 893 on 17th November 2015 against Australia | ||
| 4 | 822 | Virat Kohli | 822 on 21st November 2016 against England | ||
| 5 | 809 | Hashim Amla | 907 on 17th October 2013 against Pakistan | ||
| 6 | 790 | Younus Khan | 880 on 25th February 2009 against Sri Lanka | ||
| 7 | 786 | AB de Villiers | 935 on 24th February 2014 against Australia | ||
| 8 | 784 | David Warner | 880 on 13th December 2014 against India | ||
| 9 | 768 | Cheteshwar Pujara | 851 on 30th December 2013 against South Africa | ||
| 10 | 760 | Alastair Cook | 874 on 9th December 2012 against India | ||
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