How VIRAT KOHLI became No.1 Batsman in World??
Virat Kohli on top of the world Virat Kohli jumps past Steve Smith to become the seventh Indian to become the No.1 Test batsman in the world. Virat Kohli has achieved another personal milestone by becoming the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen , which were released on Sunday morning following the conclusion of the Edgbaston Test. Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India’s 31-run defeat and has gone up by 31 points, which have helped him to end Steve Smith’s 32-month reign as the top-ranked batsman and reach the top of the summit for the first time in his 67-Test career. Kohli now leads Smith (who had held the top spot since December 2015) by five points, but will have to maintain the form in the remaining four Tests to finish the series as the world’s highest-ranked batsman. Tendulkar had joined South Africa’s Jacques Kallis in number-one position in January 2011, but had dropped