Indian captain Virat Kohli on Saturday continued to top the ICC Test batsmen’s ranking but his deputy Ajinkya Rahane slipped a place to ninth spot.
Kohli has 928 points, 17 more than second-placed Australian run-machine Steve Smith.
Cheteshwar Pujara also remained in sixth place with 791 points. Rahane has 759 points.
India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was the best-placed Indian in the bowlers’ ranking at sixth spot with 794 points, while spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was placed eighth. Seamer Mohammed Shami was the third Indian in the top 10, improving a spot to be placed at the ninth position.
In the all-rounders ranking, Ravindra Jadeja remained static at the third place with 406 points, while Ashwin improved a place to capture the fourth position with 308 points.
Among others, England’s Mark Wood and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock have made notable gains in the ICC Test Player Ranking after the final Test in Johannesburg.
Wood, who was adjudged Player of the Match at Wanderers, has moved up 19 places to 38th position among bowlers after his haul of nine for 100. He has also progressed to 142nd from 151st among batsmen after scores of 35 not out and 18 in his 15th Test.
Ollie Pope (up six places to 55th) and Dom Sibley (up nine places to 67th) are among others to advance in the latest update, which also takes into account the drawn Harare Test featuring Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. Ben Stokes has gained two slots to reach 27th among bowlers.