Jasprit Bumrah slips to 9th spot, while Virat Kohli remains no.2 ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings

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Indian captain Virat Kohli has remained static at no.2 rank in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. However, it was not good news for Jasprit Bumrah, who slipped to the ninth spot in the Test bowlers’ rankings.

Kohli held on to the second spot with 886 points, while Cheteshwar Pujara (766) and Ajinkya Rahane (726) continued to remain static at the eighth and 10th positions respectively in the batting list, which is being headed by Australia's Steve Smith.

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Bumrah slipped one place to the ninth position, while Ravindra Jadeja was steady at the third spot in the all-rounders' list.

Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has returned to a career-best fifth position, while England's veteran pace duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson also progressed following the drawn second Test in Southampton.

Abid Ali (up to 49th) and Mohammad Rizwan (up to 75th), who had scored half-centuries in Southampton, have also attained career-best rankings.

Broad moved up one slot to the second position and Anderson climbed two slots to 14^th, as they picked seven wickets in between them to dismiss Pakistan for 236 in their only innings of the match.

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In the batsmen's list, England's Zak Crawley moved to a career-best 81st place, all-rounder Ben Stokes and captain Joe Root have retained their seventh and ninth positions, respectively.

In the World Test Championship points table, India continued to lead with 360 points, followed by Australia (296). While England remained in the third position with 279 points and Pakistan is fifth with 153 points.

(PTI inputs)