ICC Test Rankings: Kohli down to fifth as Root moves up to third after Chennai d

India skipper Virat Kohli was on Wednesday pushed to the fifth spot by his English counterpart Joe Root who rose two rungs to third in the latest ICC Test rankings for batsmen even as Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin moved up in the bowlers chartKohli who had had scores of 11 and 72 in the opening Test against England has 852 points and down one spot in the latest chart issued on WednesdayVeteran spinner Ashwin and pacer Bumrah have jumped a rung each to be seventh and eighth respectivelyRoot who helped his team to a memorable 227run victory in Chennai that kept England in contention for the ICC World Test Championship final has reached 883 rating pointsIt is his highest position since September2017 after a fabulous run in the subcontinent saw him accumulate 684 runs in three Tests two of which were in Sri LankaAhead of Kohli for the first time since November 2017 Root is now 36 points behind topranked Kane Williamson and trails Steve Smith by only eight points With Marnus Labuschagne also in the mix competition for the top five slots is intense with all of them above 850 rating pointsFor India Rishabh Pants knock of 91 in the first innings has helped him become the first fulltime wicketkeeper from his country to reach 700 rating points as he retained the 13th position among batsmenOpener Shubman Gill progressed seven places to 40th position while allrounder Washington Sundar is 81st after moving up two slots Leftarm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem too has gained two places to reach 85th position among bowlersOpener Dom Sibley is another England batsman to gain in the latest rankings update his knocks of 87 and 16 helping him rise 11 places to 35th while their players also made the way up in the bowling rankings presently led by Australia fast bowler Pat CumminsFormerly topranked James Anderson is up to third from sixth and only four points behind compatriot Stuart Broad a fellowmember of the 500wicket clubAnderson is at his highest ranking since the start of the ICC World Test Championship while spinners Jack Leach and Dominic Bess are both at careerbest rating points moving up to 37th and 41st positions respectivelyWest Indies batsman Kyle Mayers whose scores of 40 and 210 not out helped script an epic win in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong has entered the rankings in 70th position with 448 rating pointsIt is the best by a West Indian batsman on debut and the secondbest ever on debut after RE Foster who was on 449 rating points back in 1903 after scoring 287 on debut for England against Australia in SydneyOthers to gain for the West Indies include captain Kraigg Brathwaite up eight places to 53rd among batsmen and the spin pair of Jomel Warrican up 14 places to 62nd and Rahkeem Cornwall up six places to 65thFor Bangladesh captain Mominul Haques 10th Test century has lifted him eight places to 33rd Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has gained four slots to reach 30th position among batsmen while offspinner Mehidy Hasan has progressed from 28th to 24th positionPakistan completing a 20 sweep over South Africa is followed with good news from the rankings perspective as well especially with regard to fast bowlingPlayer of the series Mohammad Rizwan has attained a careerbest 16th place after scores of 26 and 115 helped him make a leap of 19 places in the list