{"id":633,"date":"2020-12-31T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T09:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=633"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T09:53:10","slug":"nzs-kane-williamson-overtakes-steve-smith-virat-kohli-to-be-top-test-batsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2020\/12\/31\/nzs-kane-williamson-overtakes-steve-smith-virat-kohli-to-be-top-test-batsman\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ&#8217;s Kane Williamson overtakes Steve Smith, Virat Kohli to be top Test batsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-635\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kane-Williamson-overtakes-Steve-Smith-Virat-Kohli-cricket-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"Kane-Williamson-overtakes-Steve-Smith-Virat Kohli-cricket-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-pakistan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kane-Williamson-overtakes-Steve-Smith-Virat-Kohli-cricket-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-pakistan.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kane-Williamson-overtakes-Steve-Smith-Virat-Kohli-cricket-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-pakistan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kane-Williamson-overtakes-Steve-Smith-Virat-Kohli-cricket-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-pakistan-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kane-Williamson-overtakes-Steve-Smith-Virat-Kohli-cricket-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-pakistan-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson enters the New Year as the top-ranked Test batsman after leapfrogging Australia&#8217;s Steve Smith and India skipper Virat Kohli in the latest official rankings issued on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson, who returned from paternity leave this month, hit a match-winning century in the opening Test against Pakistan to help New Zealand win by 101 runs at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand skipper described it as \u201chumbling\u201d to overtake Smith, who held the top spot for 313 days this year, and Kohli, who was number one for 51 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are incredible players of our generation,\u201d Williamson said as he arrived in Christchurch ahead of the second Pakistan Test which starts on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose two players are the best so for me to sneak up perhaps in some way, is very surprising and humbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All three players were this week named in the International Cricket Council&#8217;s team of the decade with Smith also named as the individual Test player of the decade. Kohli took the award for the best one-day player.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is in the middle of a rare slump in form and dropped behind Kohli after registering four single-digit scores at the halfway stage of the ongoing four-Test series against India.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli, who topscored for India in their eight-wicket thrashing by Australia in the series opener in Adelaide, has returned home for the birth of his first child.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s stand-in skipper, Ajinkya Rahane, jumped to number six after his stellar hundred in the second Test inspired the tourists to a series-levelling victory in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Pat Cummins remains the top-ranked Test bowler, while compatriot Mitchell Starc jumped two places to enter the top five.<\/p>\n<p>India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (seventh) and quick Jasprit Bumrah (ninth) improved their top 10 positions after their impressive performance in the Melbourne Test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand captain 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