Team India recently faced a crushing defeat in the Test series played against Australia. Virat Kohli's bat remained completely calm in this series. On the other hand, Pakistan also had to face defeat in South Africa. But Babar Azam was very successful as a batsman in this series. Due to this strong performance, he has gained a lot in the ICC Test rankings. Babar has gone far ahead of Virat Kohli in the ranking of batsmen in Tests. On the other hand, Virat has faced huge losses.

Babar Azam's strong comeback in ICC rankings

Babar Azam had scored 193 runs at an average of 48.25 in 4 innings of the two-match Test series played against South Africa. During this period he also scored 3 half-centuries. Due to which he has jumped 5 places to reach 12th position in the ICC Test rankings. Earlier he was at 17th position. Apart from this, Babar Azam's rating has now become 697. Let us tell you, before this series, Babar was not even included in the list of top-20 batsmen. But he made a strong comeback in this series.

Virat Kohli suffered huge loss

Australia tour was very bad for Virat Kohli. He could score only one century in 9 innings of 5 Test matches, apart from this he could not touch the 50 run mark in any innings. He scored only 190 runs during this period. Due to this poor performance, Virat has now slipped three places in the ICC Test rankings. He has now reached 27th position, his rating has become 614. In such a situation, now Virat Kohli is in danger of being out of the top-30.

On the other hand, the routes which remain in first place. England's Harry Brook is at second place, New Zealand's Kane Williamson is at third place, Yashasvi Jaiswal is at fourth place and Travis Head is at 5th place. Apart from these, South Africa's Test captain Temba Bavuma has reached sixth position. This is his all-time high ranking. His rating has also increased to 769, which is his all-time high rating.