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Virat Kohli maintains No 1 spot in ICC rankings

India Captain Virat Kohli has maintained his number one position in the latest ICC batsmen rankings. 

Cheteshwar Pujara has gained a spot to be third, following his man of the series performance in India’s maiden Cricket Test series win in Australia. 

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has jumped as many as 21 places to be 17th, the joint-highest by a specialist India wicketkeeper along with Farokh Engineer, who did so in January 1973. MS Dhoni’s highest Test ranking was 19th. 

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