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Virat Kohli had a greater outing with the bat than Steve Smith at the same time as Australia beat India in Adelaide.© AFP
Despite India’s defeat to Australia within the first Test in Adelaide, Virat Kohli’s first innings knock of 74 helped him shut the hole to Steve Smith on the high of the ICC Test rankings for batsmen. Steve Smith was dismissed for only one run in Australia’s first innings, whereas he stayed unbeaten on the identical rating of their second outing with the bat. The former Australia captain misplaced 10 factors, whereas Kohli — who top-scored within the Test — gained two factors, because the hole between the 2 top-ranked batsmen fell from 25 to 13 factors.
While Smith remains to be perched atop the batting charts with 911 factors, Kohli now has 888 factors. However, Smith might lengthen his lead additional in the course of the collection, with Kohli set to overlook the remaining three matches attributable to his paternity depart.
Marnus Labuschagne’s 47 and 6 noticed him attain his career-best 839 factors, however he stays behind New Zealand’s Kane Williamson at fourth place.
Cheteshwar Pujara, regardless of his affected person 43 within the first innings, dropped a spot to go eighth within the rankings, with England all-rounder Ben Stokes overtaking him.
Australia captain Tim Paine’s unbeaten innings of 73, which noticed him win the Player of the Match award in Adelaide, lifted him to a career-best of 33rd place with 592 factors.
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Pat Cummins, in the meantime, prolonged his lead atop the bowling charts after taking seven wickets within the match. He moved from 904 factors to 910, with a 65-point lead over second positioned Stuart Broad.
Josh Hazlewood’s 5-wicket haul within the second innings noticed him rise 4 locations to the fifth spot, whereas Ravichandran Ashwin moved up by one spot to ninth within the bowling charts.
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