After quality bowling in the first Test against South Africa, India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar has jumped eight spots to a career-best 22 on the latest ICC Test Ranking. Kumar troubled the South African batsmen as he managed to pick up six wickets across two innings in the first Test, which India lost by 72 runs.
However, skipper Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara slipped in the ranking ladder. Virat Kolhi lost the second position to Joe Root and was placed third ahead of Kane Williamson.
In the rankings for the Test batsmen, Australia's Steve Smith remained on 947 points in the first position, but there was some movement just behind him.
Root earned 26 points from the Sydney Test, in which he was dismissed once while scoring 141 runs, but Kohli dropped 13 points after his contributions of five and 28 at Newlands. Pujara's scores of 26 and four resulted in his total falling by 25 points.
India though continued to be the top-ranked Test team with 124 points followed by South Africa (111), Australia (104), New Zealand (100) and England (99).