Colombo (News 1st): Captain of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team Dimuth Karunaratna has moved to number 7 in the last release of the ICC Test Batting Rankings. The ICC released the Test Batsman rankings yesterday (November 26).

Accordingly, Steven Smith ranked as the top test batsman with 931 points. Indian Captain Virat Kohli ranked 2nd following his century against Bangladesh which also reduced his gap to the first spot by only 03 points. Kane Williamson is ranked 3rd.

Surprisingly, England Captain Joe root is ranked 11th where he was ranked as the top test batsman during most parts of 2015. Sri Lanka Captain Dimuth Karunaratna moved to number 7 in Test Rankings with 723 points.

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