Dubai: India captain Virat Kohli has ended the year 2019 as the top Test batsman as the International Cricket Council (ICC) updated the rankings on Monday (December 30) after the Australia-New Zealand and South Africa-England Test matches.

Kohli, who is on top of the world in ICC ODI rankings, made it a memorable double going into the New year. The 31-year-old is No. 1 batsman in the five-day format and 50-over version as curtains came down on cricket action for the year. Kohli was at the top of Test charts for 274 days in 2019.

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With 928 rating points, Kohli heads the ICC Test batsmen table. Australian Steve Smith is at the second position with 911 points. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson occupies the third place with 822 points.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are the other Indians in the top-10 of the rankings. Pujara is at fifth while Rahane is joint seventh with David Warner of Australia.

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Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has finished the year at a career-best fourth position while South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock has moved into the top 10.

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Labuschagne, who was ranked 110th at the start of the year, has moved up one slot after scores of 63 and 19 in the Melbourne Test against New Zealand, which Australia won by 247 runs to go 2-0 up in the three-match series.

De Kock’s ‘player of the match’ effort of 95 and 34, which helped his team beat England by 107 runs at Centurion to go 1-0 up in the four-match series, sees him advance eight places and reach 10th position.

In Test bowling table, Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has finished at the top with a five-wicket haul in the first innings in Melbourne. He occupied the top place for 321 days during the year while South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was No. 1 for 44 days after starting 2019 in top position.

ICC Test Player Rankings (as of December 30)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank

(+/-)

Player

Team

Pts

Avge

Highest Rating

1

( - )

Virat Kohli

India

928

54.97

937 v Eng at Southampton 2018

2

( - )

Steve Smith

Aus

911

62.84

947 v SA at Durban 2018

3

( - )

K Williamson

NZ

822

51.44

915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019

4

(+1)

M Labuschagne

Aus

805*!

56.42

805 v NZ at Melbourne 2019

5

(-1)

C Pujara

India

791

49.48

888 v SL at Nagpur 2017

6

( - )

Babar Azam

Pak

767!

42.67

767 v SL at Karachi 2019

7=

(+1)

David Warner

Aus

759

48.21

880 v NZ at Perth 2015
 

( - )

Ajinkya Rahane

India

759

43.74

825 v NZ at Indore 2016

9

( - )

Joe Root

Eng

754

48.41

917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015

10

(+8)

Q de Kock

SA

712

38.88

802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank

(+/-)

Player

Team

Pts

Avge

Highest Rating

1

( - )

Pat Cummins

Aus

902

21.92

914 v Eng at Old Trafford 2019

2

(+1)

Neil Wagner

NZ

859!

26.51

859 v Aus at Melbourne 2019

3

(-1)

Kagiso Rabada

SA

832

22.57

902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018

4

( - )

Jason Holder

WI

830!

26.37

830 v Afg at Lucknow 2019

5

(+3)

V Philander

SA

800

21.99

912 v India at Johannesburg 2013

6

( - )

Jasprit Bumrah

India

794*

19.24

835 v WI at Jamaica 2019

7

(-2)

Mitchell Starc

Aus

790

27.08

806 v NZ at Perth 2019

8

(-1)

J Hazlewood

Aus

777

26.20

863 v India at Bengaluru 2017

9

(+2)

R Ashwin

India

772

25.36

904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016

10

(+2)

M Shami

India

771

27.09

790 v Ban at Indore 2019