India lost the first match of the four-Test series against Australia, but skipper Virat Kohli reached the top-order of Steve Smith in the latest rankings of ICC Test batsmen, based on 74 runs in the first innings in Adelaide. Is gone. The half-century of the second-ranked Indian skipper earned him two rating points and reached 888 rating points. Former Australian captain Smith, who has scored one run in both innings of this Test, has lost 10 points and scored 901 rating points.

Marnus LaBusheen, who scored 46 and six in the game, reached his career-best 839 surrender points. He is fourth after New Zealand captain Kane Williamson. Man of the Match Australia captain Tim Paine reached a career-best 33rd (592 rating points) by an unbeaten innings of 73 runs. Before that, his best ranking was 45, which he achieved in 2018. Joe Burns, who scored an unbeaten 51 in the second innings, also hit the top 50 for the first time since 2016. He is ranked 48th.

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Apart from Kohli, the rankings are also the result of poor performance of Indian batsmen. While Cheteshwar Pujara fell from seventh to eighth, Ajinkya Rahane fell from the top 10 to 11th. Opener Mayank Agarwal also slipped to 14th while Hanuma Vihari fell from the top 50 to 53rd. R Ashwin, a veteran Indian spinner with four wickets in Adelaide, is ninth in the bowlers’ rankings, beating fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah.

Bumrah has fallen to 10th place. Australia’s Pat Cummins is ranked seventh with seven wickets. Second-placed Stuart is ahead of Broad. Josh Hazlewood, who took five wickets for eight runs in the second innings, rose to the top five with a four-point improvement. The fifth-ranked bowler has 805 rating points.

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