After Megistic performance with the bat in the third test against South Africa, Team India’s captain and ICC Cricketer of the Year Virat Kohli moved ahead of Legendary Brian Lara in the all-time career-high Player Rankings for Test batsmen by earning 12 points.
Kohli had started the third and final Test on 900 points and earned 12 points following contributions of 54 and 41. This means he is now on 912 points and in 26th position on the all-time list, which is headed by Don Bradman (961 points).
While moving from 31st to 26th position, Kohli has leapfrogged Lara (911), Kevin Pietersen (909), Hashim Amla (907), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (901) and Michael Clarke (900).
