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Kohli on top of the world

Virat Kohli broke new ground by topping the International Cricket Council test batting rankings for the first time in his career when the latest edition was published yesterday. The India captain, already at the head of the equivalent one-day international batting chart, found himself at the summit of these standings after scoring 149 — his maiden test century in England — and 51 during the series opener at Edgbaston. Unfortunately for Kohli, his impressive match haul of exactly 200 runs could not prevent an India defeat by 31 runs on Saturday’s fourth day in Birmingham, with England now 1-0 up in a five-match series. Kohli’s two innings boosted his ranking rating by 31 points and helped him end Steve Smith’s 32-month reign as the top-ranked test batsman. Former Australia captain Smith is currently serving a 12-month ban for his role in a ball-tampering scandal during a test against South Africa at Cape Town in March. Kohli is now on top of the rankings for the first time in a 67-test career that has yielded 5,754 runs at an average of 54.28, including 22 hundreds.




 

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