Top 10 ICC Test Batsman (Male) in Oct. 2017)

Top 10 Test Batsman list

1. Steve Smith :

Smith (Born 2 June 1989) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia, New South Wales Blues, Sydney Sixers and Rising Pune Supergiant. He is currently the captain of the Australia national cricket team across all the three formats.

2. Joe Root :

Root (Born 30 December 1990) is an English cricketer, who is the current captain of the English Test team. He also represents Yorkshire domestically. 

He was originally a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off-spinner, with a similar playing style to former England captain Michael Vaughan. However, he has played the majority of his cricket for England in the middle order. He fields predominantly at second slip or gully.

3. Kane Williamson : 

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a professional cricketer and currently the captain of New Zealand. Considered as one of the most innovative batsman in the modern era, he is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner. As of 20 December 2016, he is the fourth ranked batsman in Test cricket.

4. Cheteshwar Pujara :

Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988 in Rajkot, Gujarat) is an Indian cricketer.
He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. Pujara made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010.

5. David Warner :

Warner (born 27 October 1986) is an Australian cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Australian cricket team. An explosive left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He currently plays for New South Wales, the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Sydney Thunder.

6. Virat Kohli : 

Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed batsman, often regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Kohli was ranked eighth in ESPN's list of world's most famous athletes in 2016.

7. Hashim Amla :

Hashim Muhammad Amla (born 31 March 1983) is a South African cricketer who plays for South Africa in all three formats of the game. He is also a former captain of the Proteas and is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-break bowler. 
Regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of the modern-era, he was South Africa's Test captain from June 2014 to January 2016. As of 25th Oct 2017, he is ranked by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the world's number seven batsman in Tests and the world's number nine in ODIs.

8. K. L. Rahul :

Kannur Lokesh Rahul (born 18 April 1992), commonly known as KL Rahul and also as Lokesh Rahul, is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He plays for India internationally, Karnataka in domestic cricket and the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

9. Ajinkya Rahane :

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who is the vice-captain of the India national team in Test format. He is a right-handed batsman.

10. Azhar Ali : 

Azhar Ali (born 19 February 1985) is a Pakistani international cricketer and a former captain of Pakistan ODI team. Ali made his Test debut for Pakistan against Australia in the first Test at Lord's in July 2010. 
An agile right-hand batsman and a part-time leg-break bowler, Ali became the first ever Centurion, Double Centurion & Triple Centurion in a Day and Night Test Match, when he scored 302 against West Indies in October 2016.