Ashwin, Jadeja hold on to top two slots in rankings

India’s spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja held onto the top two slots in the ICC’s latest Test ranking for bowlers while skipper Virat Kohli was a notch behind Steve Smith in the batsmen’s list.

Ashwin (887 points) and Jadeja (879 points) were Nos 1 and 2 in the list while Australian seamer Josh Hazlewood (860 points), who gained 29 points, by virtue of his good show against Pakistan has risen to the third spot in the list.

South African Kagiso Rabada was another big gainer as he jumped nine spots to be eighth in the list.

In the batsmen’s list, Steve Smith is still atop the list with 933 points even though he dropped four ranking points.

However Indian captain Kohli is a distant second with 875 points. There is no other Indian batsman in the Top-10.