Kohli is leading the chart with 992 rating points ahead of New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (897 points) and Pujara (881). Besides Kohli and Pujara, no other Indian feature in the top 10 list.
The left-handed Perera has reached a career-best 40th position after 15 Tests, scoring 51 and an unbeaten 153 that guided his team to an improbable win, partnering in the highest ever unbroken 10th wicket stand in a winning cause in first-class cricket.
Kusal Perera has climbed 58 spots in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Batting Rankings after his match-winning innings of 153 not out against South Africa in Durban.
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">Kusal Perera has climbed 58 spots in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Batting Rankings after his match-winning innings of 153 not out against South Africa in Durban.
— ICC (@ICC) February 17, 2019
FULL STORY ⏬https://t.co/vvd16aC53l pic.twitter.com/ZE30DnbOcqKusal Perera has climbed 58 spots in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Batting Rankings after his match-winning innings of 153 not out against South Africa in Durban.
— ICC (@ICC) February 17, 2019
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He added 78 runs for the last wicket with Vishwa Fernando (six not out) to beat an 83-year record set by the Australians against Madras in February 1936.
In the bowlers' list, Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has overtaken Kagiso Rabada to grab the top spot.
Cummins is the first from his country since Glenn McGrath's pole position in the list, back in February, 2006.
Cummins is leading the bowlers table ahead of England's James Anderson and Rabada of South Africa.
Among the bowlers list, India's Ravindra Jadeja is placed at the fifth spot with 794 points. Jadeja also features in the all-rounders' list at the third position ahead of West Indies' Jason Holder and Shakib-Al Hasan.
