Indian cricketer left behind Brian Lara in the all-time Test rankings list

Kohli moves ahead of Lara, closes gap on Gavaskar

Question: Which of the following Indian player got 26th in the all-time Test ranking of batsmen issued by ICC on January 28, 2018?
(a) Ajinkya Rahane
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin
(d) Rohit Sharma
Answer: (b) 
Related Facts:

  • The ICC Player Rankings of the all-time MRF TIREs of Test batsmen were updated by the International Cricket Council (ICC). (January 28, 2018)
  • Indian captain Virat Kohli moves past West Indies legend Brian Lara (911 points) in the all-time ICC Rankings for Test Batsmenat 31st position.
  • He started third and final match of the Test series against Africa started with 900 ratings points.
  • Virat earned 12 points following contributions of 54 and 41 in his side’s 63 runs victory.
  • Australia’s Sir Don Bradman topped with 961 points in this ICC’s all-time list.
  • Australia Steve Smith is second on the list with 947 points.
  • Kohli left behind Brian Lara (911), Kevin Pietersen (909), Hashim Amla (907), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (901) and Michael Clarke (900) for the 31st to 26th position respectively.
  • Sunil Gavaskar is the former Indian player in the top spot in ICC’s Best ever Test Championship rating (batting).
  • Gavaskar is ranked 23rd in the list with 916 rating points.

Reference:                                         
https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/604735