Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara at the top of the ICC Test Ranking

Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara at the top of the ICC Test Ranking: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest ICC Test ranking following the second test match between England and West Indies. In the latest ranking Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara continues his stay at the top of the ICC Test Batsmen’s ranking. While AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla the South African’s follow him up at the second and third position.

England top order batman Joe Root and middle order batsman Gary Ballance following strong batting performance against West Indies in the second test have now scaled career best ICC ranks. Root with a match winning knock of 182 not out improved 5 places in the table and is now positioned at number 5. While Ballance for his dual half centuries 77 and 81 not out gained five ranks and is at the 17^th position.

The ICC announced latest rankings on their twitter handle

James Anderson & Joe Root celebrate career high spots in the Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings https://t.co/9LTrbekrkT pic.twitter.com/9dgFtgUI6M

— ICC (@ICC) April 26, 2015

Australia’s Steve Smith is still at the 4^th place on the back of some stupendous knocks he played against India this summer. In other big names Indian test skipper Virat Kohli is the best ranked Indian batsman at number 12.

To check the ICC Test Batsmen list (click here)