Virat Kohli out of top-20 Test ranking after 10 years, is his reign over in cricket?

Virat Kohli ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli's bad phase is not stopping. Another big shock has come for his fans. Now Kohli has not been able to make his place even among the top-20 batsmen in the latest ICC Test rankings. This is the first time in the last ten years that Kohli has reached such a low level in the rankings, and Indian cricket fans are quite disappointed by this.

Due to poor performance in the India vs New Zealand series, Kohli had to face a huge drop in ranking. Kohli's bat remained silent in the three-match series, and India suffered a 0-3 defeat at home. This is the Indian team's first 3-0 defeat at home, and Virat's performance became the main reason for this decline.

Kohli out of top-20 after 10 years

Virat Kohli, who was earlier ranked sixth in the ICC men's Test batting rankings, has now dropped to 22nd. After the first Test of the New Zealand series, Kohli slipped two places to eighth position, while after the second Test he came to 13th position. Ultimately, after the third and final Test, his ranking dropped further and he came down to 22nd position.

Poor performance in test series

Kohli's performance in the New Zealand series was very disappointing. In six innings of this series, he scored 93 runs at an average of just 15.50, which included only one half-century. This is considered to be his worst performance in the home Test series. His decline is disappointing among Indian cricket fans, because they had always seen Kohli at a high level.

Kohli's ranking declined

Such a decline in Virat Kohli's ranking was last seen in December 2014. Even at that time, Kohli had performed poorly on the England tour and scored only 134 runs in five Tests. Even in August 2014, he had slipped to 21st place in the Test rankings, but made a brilliant comeback in the 2014 Adelaide Test and moved up the rankings rapidly with a double century. From November 2016 to August 2021, Kohli remained in the top 5 continuously, and he had firmly maintained his place.

Ranking position of Indian batsmen

Currently only two Indian batsmen are in the top 10 of the ICC men's Test batting rankings. These are Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is at fourth position, and Rishabh Pant, who is at sixth position. At the same time, along with Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma are also out of the top 20.

Indian batsmen in top ranking