ICC Latest Test Rankings: Warner rises to 6th spot, Rahul slips to 10th, Rahane out of top 10

Ajinkya Rahane though played well in the recently concluded Test series against Sri Lanka, Warner's upliftment caused his downgrade

By: Score Keepers |
September 2, 2017 11:20 am

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest ranking of the Test batsmen. Unfortunately, Indian batsman, Ajinkya Rahane slipped out from the top 10 ranking while Australian opener David Warner is back in the top 10 list by moving up five places from the eleventh position to sixth. Warner’s century in the ongoing Bangladesh vs Australia Test series helped him improving his ranking. It was his 19th Test century, however, his knock of 112 went in vain after the Bangla hosts won the game by 20 runs.

Warner’s ascend resulted to Ajinkya Rahane’s exit from the top 10 list after a long period of time. Though he played well in the recently concluded Test series against Sri Lanka, Warner’s upliftment caused his downgrade. However, he will be eyeing on the upcoming Sri Lanka’s tour to India later this year before Tem India leaves for South Africa. On the other hand, despite scoring 7 consecutive half centuries so far, KL Rahul moved down to the tenth spot.

As far as the top 5 spots are concerned in the ranking table, Aussie skipper Steven Smith is still leading with 938 points followed by Joe Root (902) at 2nd position and Kane Williamson (880) at the third. Indian Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara still continues to be at the fourth position with 876 points while Indian skipper Virat Kohli is t the 5th place with 8o6 points.

Ranking	Player	Points
1	Steven Smith	938
2	Joe Root	902
3	Kane Williamson	880
4	Chetshwar Pujara	876
5	Virat Kohli	806
6	David Warner	779
7	Azhar Ali	769
8	Alastair Cook	765
9	Hashim Amla	764
10	Lokesh Rahul	761
11	Ajinkya Rahane	760