World Cricket Rankings – 5th August 2018
These Cricket rankings are issued by: International Cricket Council
As per Allsportspk readers request as and when any of the ranking is announced it is being published. Currently, from Men’s cricket rankings only Test team and players rankings have been updated. From Women’s cricket no rankings have been updated.

Cricket Rankings – Men

Test Teams – Cricket Rankings

Cricket Rankings

India are currently placed at the top of the Men’s Test team rankings. And, if they manage to win their ongoing 5 match series with England, then they will be able to retain this rank.

India Vs England – 1st Test Day 4: Stokes The Hero In A Thrilling Victory

England on the other hand will have a chance to overtake New Zealand and even Australia and South Africa to become the 2nd ranked team, if they win the ongoing Test series.

Rank Team

Matches

Points Rating
1  India 29 3,634 125
2  South Africa 35 3,712 106
3  Australia 33 3,499 106
4  New Zealand 23 2,354 102
5  England 39 3,772 97
6  Sri Lanka 38 3,668 97
7  Pakistan 21 1,853 88
8  West Indies 29 2,235 77
9  Bangladesh 19 1,268 67
10  Zimbabwe 8 12 2

Test Batsmen – Cricket Rankings

India Vs England

Virat Kohli proved to the world that he is the best test batsman at present after the Indian captain struck 149 and 51 in the 1st test against England.

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Although, India lost the match, Virat Kohli’s 200 runs proved to be more than enough for him to overtake Steve Smith as the number one ranked player in the Men’s Test batting rankings.

India Vs England Test Series 2018: Players Who Could Make An Impact

Johnny Bairstow and Ajinkya Rahane also experienced a slight upgrade although their performances were less than satisfactory in the India vs England, 1st test.

Other significant upgrades were of Kusal Mendis, Usman Khawaja and Dawid Malan, who are now placed at 18th, 20th and 61st place respectively.

Rank Name Country Rating
1 Virat Kohli India 934
2 Steve Smith Australia 929
3 Joe Root England 865
4 Kane Williamson New Zealand 847
5 David Warner Australia 820
6 Cheteshwar Pujara India 791
7 Dimuth Karunaratne Sri Lanka 754
8 Dinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka 733
9 Dean Elgar South Africa 724
10 Aiden Markram South Africa 703
11 Ross Taylor New Zealand 697
12 Jonny Bairstow England 695
13 Kraigg Brathwaite West Indies 695
14 Hashim Amla South Africa 673
15 Azhar Ali Pakistan 672
16 Francois du Plessis South Africa 665
17 Alastair Cook England 658
18 Kusal Mendis Sri Lanka 641
19 Lokesh Rahul India 634
20 Usman Khawaja Australia 633
21 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh 632
22 Ajinkya Rahane India 617
23 Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka 607
24 Shaun Marsh Australia 605
25 Shikhar Dhawan India 604
26 Murali Vijay India 604
27 Asad Shafiq Pakistan 602
28 BJ Watling New Zealand 596
29 Quinton de Kock South Africa 594
30 Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh 590
31 Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh 589
32 Tom Latham New Zealand 587
33 Ben Stokes England 584
34 Henry Nicholls New Zealand 573
35 Shai Hope West Indies 572
36 Temba Bavuma South Africa 567
37 Peter Handscomb Australia 559
38 Jeet Raval New Zealand 552
39 Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan 551
40 Mominul Haque Bangladesh 549
41 Niroshan Dickwella Sri Lanka 549
42 Rohit Sharma India 539
43 Brendan Taylor Zimbabwe 534
44 Roston Chase West Indies 532
45 Moeen Ali England 531
46 Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe 531
47 Dhananjaya de Silva Sri Lanka 529
48 Sikandar Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe 510
49 Craig Ervine Zimbabwe 505
50 Tim Paine Australia 495

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