The 27-year-old remains in first place on the Test batsman list with his total being the sixth highest of all time.

Only Australian greats Sir Don Bradman and Ricky Ponting along with England’s Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs and Peter May have scored higher totals in the past.

Smith recently hit his 18^th Test century during Australia’s 333-run thrashing of India in Pune.

Virat Kohli, captain of India, sits in second place 66 points behind Smith.

Joe Root, who became England’s Test captain on February 13, is third on 848.

In the latest Test bowler rankings, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remains on top of the leaderboard with 878 after taking seven wickets during the match against Australia.

His team-mate Ravinda Jadeja is in joint-second position alongside Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood after the latter jumped up to a career-best points total of 860.

The biggest mover in the rankings was Steve O’Keefe who jumped 33 places to 29^th.

This came after the Australian slow left-arm bowler picked up 12 wickets in Pune.