Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Australian cricketer Pat Cummins finished the year at the top positions in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Rankings for batsmen and bowlers, respectively released on Monday.

With a total of 928 points, Kohli is comfortably standing atthe numero-uno spot in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, ahead of Australia's Steve Smith (911) and New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (822).

For the fourth time in a row, the Indian skipper finished with most international runs in a calendar year with a total of 2,455 runs across formats.

The rankings also saw players from Australia and South Africa sizzle in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings after their respective second and first Test match against New Zealand and England.

Australia’s Marnus Labus chagne has finished the year at a career-best fourth position while South Africa’s wicket keeper-batsman Quintonde Kock has moved into the top 10.

Labus chagne, who was ranked 110th at the start of the year,has moved up one slot after scores of 63 and 19 in the Melbourne Test againstNew Zealand, which Australia won by 247 runs to go 2-0 up in the three-match series.

De Kock’s ‘player of the match’ effort of 95 and 34, which helped his team beat England by 107 runs at Centurion to go 1-0 up in thefour-match series, sees him advance eight places and reach 10th position.

Other batsmen to move up the rankings include New Zealandopener Tom Latham (up two places to 14th), Australia middle-order batsmanTravis Head (up 15 places to a career-best 19th), England opener Rory Burns (upfive places to a career-best 31st) and middle-order batsman Joe Denly (up 10places to a career-best 36th).

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has finished at the top ofthe bowlers’ list with a five-wicket haul in the first innings in Melbourne. Heoccupied the top place for 321 during the year while South Africa fast bowlerKagiso Rabada was No. 1 for 44 days after starting 2019 in top position.

Vernon Philander has moved up three places to fifth positionwhile the England trio of Stuart Broad (up two places to 14th), Joffra Archer(up three places to 40th) and Sam Curran (up five places to 45th) have alsomade notable progress. James Pattinson has moved up 46 places to 54th position aftertaking three wickets in each innings.

Jason Holder finished as the top all-rounder, occupyingnumber one position for 342 days. Shakib Al Hasan was at the top for 23 days.

For India, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are the twoother batsmen in the top 10, standing at 5th and 7th spots respectively.

In the bowlers' list, Jasprit Bumrah has retained his sixthposition, while the duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami are occupyingthe ninth and tenth position, respectively.

In the ICC World Test Championship, Australia havestrengthened their position in second place in the points table after gaining40 points for the Test win. They are on 256 points and could go up to 296 bythe end of the series. South Africa have 30 points after their first win in theWTC while New Zealand and England remain on 60 and 56 points, respectively.

India are standing at the top position in the championshipwith 360 points from seven wins.