Cricket Rankings – Men
Test Teams –Â Cricket Rankings
India are currently placed at the top of the Men’s Test team rankings. And, if they manage to win their ongoing 5 match series with England, then they will be able to retain this rank.
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England on the other hand will have a chance to overtake New Zealand and even Australia and South Africa to become the 2nd ranked team, if they win the ongoing Test series.
| Rank | Team |
Matches |
Points | Rating |
| 1 | Â India | 29 | 3,634 | 125 |
| 2 | Â South Africa | 35 | 3,712 | 106 |
| 3 | Â Australia | 33 | 3,499 | 106 |
| 4 | Â New Zealand | 23 | 2,354 | 102 |
| 5 | Â England | 39 | 3,772 | 97 |
| 6 | Â Sri Lanka | 38 | 3,668 | 97 |
| 7 | Â Pakistan | 21 | 1,853 | 88 |
| 8 | Â West Indies | 29 | 2,235 | 77 |
| 9 | Â Bangladesh | 19 | 1,268 | 67 |
| 10 | Â Zimbabwe | 8 | 12 | 2 |
Test Batsmen – Cricket Rankings
Virat Kohli proved to the world that he is the best test batsman at present after the Indian captain struck 149 and 51 in the 1st test against England.
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Although, India lost the match, Virat Kohli’s 200 runs proved to be more than enough for him to overtake Steve Smith as the number one ranked player in the Men’s Test batting rankings.
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Johnny Bairstow and Ajinkya Rahane also experienced a slight upgrade although their performances were less than satisfactory in the India vs England, 1st test.
Other significant upgrades were of Kusal Mendis, Usman Khawaja and Dawid Malan, who are now placed at 18th, 20th and 61st place respectively.
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | India | 934 |
| 2 | Steve Smith | Australia | 929 |
| 3 | Joe Root | England | 865 |
| 4 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 847 |
| 5 | David Warner | Australia | 820 |
| 6 | Cheteshwar Pujara | India | 791 |
| 7 | Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 754 |
| 8 | Dinesh Chandimal | Sri Lanka | 733 |
| 9 | Dean Elgar | South Africa | 724 |
| 10 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | 703 |
| 11 | Ross Taylor | New Zealand | 697 |
| 12 | Jonny Bairstow | England | 695 |
| 13 | Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 695 |
| 14 | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 673 |
| 15 | Azhar Ali | Pakistan | 672 |
| 16 | Francois du Plessis | South Africa | 665 |
| 17 | Alastair Cook | England | 658 |
| 18 | Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | 641 |
| 19 | Lokesh Rahul | India | 634 |
| 20 | Usman Khawaja | Australia | 633 |
| 21 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 632 |
| 22 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | 617 |
| 23 | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 607 |
| 24 | Shaun Marsh | Australia | 605 |
| 25 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | 604 |
| 26 | Murali Vijay | India | 604 |
| 27 | Asad Shafiq | Pakistan | 602 |
| 28 | BJ Watling | New Zealand | 596 |
| 29 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 594 |
| 30 | Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 590 |
| 31 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 589 |
| 32 | Tom Latham | New Zealand | 587 |
| 33 | Ben Stokes | England | 584 |
| 34 | Henry Nicholls | New Zealand | 573 |
| 35 | Shai Hope | West Indies | 572 |
| 36 | Temba Bavuma | South Africa | 567 |
| 37 | Peter Handscomb | Australia | 559 |
| 38 | Jeet Raval | New Zealand | 552 |
| 39 | Sarfraz Ahmed | Pakistan | 551 |
| 40 | Mominul Haque | Bangladesh | 549 |
| 41 | Niroshan Dickwella | Sri Lanka | 549 |
| 42 | Rohit Sharma | India | 539 |
| 43 | Brendan Taylor | Zimbabwe | 534 |
| 44 | Roston Chase | West Indies | 532 |
| 45 | Moeen Ali | England | 531 |
| 46 | Hamilton Masakadza | Zimbabwe | 531 |
| 47 | Dhananjaya de Silva | Sri Lanka | 529 |
| 48 | Sikandar Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 510 |
| 49 | Craig Ervine | Zimbabwe | 505 |
| 50 | Tim Paine | Australia | 495 |
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