Virat Kohli's first international century in 2024 earned him a big boost in the updated ICC men's Test batting rankings on Wednesday. The star cricketer registered a brilliant unbeaten hundred during the first Test against Australia in Perth to guide India to a huge 295-run win.
Kohli, who was forced out of the top 10 of the ICC Test rankings after a string of poor performances in red-ball cricket, managed to return to the form in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener at the Optus Stadium. Kohli brought his 30th Test hundred, and 81st international century to jump 9 places up to the 13th position in the updated ICC Test batting rankings.
The 36-year-old veteran is chasing the 10000-run mark in Test cricket in a five-match Test series in Australia and is off to a promising start. He surpassed the likes of Marnus Labuschagne and Babar Azam, with the former failing to contribute in the Perth Test, and became the third-highest ranked Indian in the ICC Test batting rankings.
Meanwhile, another Indian to witness a big boost in the Test batting rankings was KL Rahul. The under-pressure batter scored 26 runs in the first innings and 77 in the second to see a 13-place jump in the ICC Test batting rankings to re-enter the top 50.
Yashasvi Jaiswal gained a place to go second in the updated ICC Test batting rankings after a sensational hundred in Perth while Rishabh Pant managed to hold his 6th position after poor show in the BGT opener.
Indians in ICC men's Test batting rankings
- Yashasvi Jaiswal - ranked 2nd (+1) with 825 ratings
- Rishabh Pant - ranked 6th with 736 ratings
- Virat Kohli - ranked 13th (+9) with 689 ratings
- Shubman Gill - ranked 17th (-1) with 673 ratings
- Rohit Sharma - ranked 26th with 623 ratings
- KL Rahul - ranked 49th (+13) with 535 ratings
- Ravindra Jadeja - ranked 50th (-3) with 534 ratings
