{"id":13295,"date":"2017-02-27T16:31:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=13295"},"modified":"2017-02-27T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:31:19","slug":"icc-test-rankings-smith-reaches-career-high-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/icc-test-rankings-smith-reaches-career-high-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Test Rankings: Smith reaches career high ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Riding over a brilliant century against India in the second innings in Pune, Australia skipper Steve Smith attained his career high rating points (939) in latest ICC Test rankings issued on Sunday.<br \/>\nSmith has not only consolidated his position at the top of the Rankings for Test Batsmen but has also attained rating points which are the sixth-best ever after Don Bradman (961), Len Hutton (945), Jack Hobbs and Ricky Ponting (both 942) and Peter May (941).<br \/>\nSmith&#8217;s outstanding batting effort in the Test which his team won by 333 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series, the ICC said in a statement.<br \/>\nGary Sobers, Viv Richards and Kumar Sangakkara all had career-high ranking points of 938. Smith, who scored 27 and 109 in Pune to gain six points, now leads ViratKohli by 66 points while England batsman Joe Root is 91 points behind him at third place with 848 points. India skipper Kohli remained the highest-placed Indian batsman at second, while off-spinner RavichandaranAshwin held on to his top position in both the bowlers&#8217; and all-rounders&#8217; list.<br \/>\nThe Indian team, which lost the opening Test in Pune to Australia on Saturday, was unaffected by the debacle at least in the ICC rankings. In fact, opener KL Rahul claimed his career-best ranking of 46th after scores of 64 and 10 in the match. The Australians, however, made substantial gains with match heroes Steve O&#8217;Keefe, Steve Smith and Matt Renshaw attaining significant gains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Riding over a brilliant century against India in the second innings in Pune, Australia skipper Steve Smith attained his career high rating points (939) in latest ICC Test rankings issued on Sunday. 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