new delhi after displacing virat kohli and steve smith to reach the number one spot in the icc test rankings for batsmen new zealand skipper kane williamson on thursday said he was just trying to do the best for his side which reflected in the rankingswilliamson played a knock of 129 in the first innings of the bay oval test against pakistanits about trying to do as much as you can for the team if you can contribute as much as you can and it can be reflected on the rankings thats really cool williamson said in a video posted on iccs official twitter handlewillamson did briefly occupy the top spot towards the end of 2015 but either smith or kohli have been number one sinceread alsokane williamson overtakes steve smith virat kohli to be top test batsmankane williamson leaped from third to first after his playerofthematch effort leading the black caps to a 101run victory over pakistan this week scoring 129 in the first innings and a rapid 21 in the second when new zealand were building a lead before declaringicc test ranking ajinkya rahane climbs to 6th r ashwin to 7th virat kohli remains at no 2india captain virat kohli held on to his second position while standin skipper ajinkya rahane broke into the top 10 after gaining five places in the latest icc mens test batting ranking released on thursday rahane climbed to the sixth spot after scoring 112 and 27 not out to inspire indiasthis year too smith was at the top for 313 days and kohli for 51 before williamson surged aheadin thursdays yearending update which also included performances from the second test between australia and india in melbourne and the first test between south africa and sri lanka in centurion williamson gained 13 rating points for his effort of 129 and 21 to go 11 points clear of kohli and 13 ahead of smith kohli is on paternity leave for the last three tests of indias ongoing series against australia while smiths mcg outing could only get him scores of zero and eightthose two virat kohli and steve smith players are the best for me sneak up someone is very surprising and humbling those are the two players year and year out in all formats moving the game forward very fortunate to play against these guys the kiwi saidit was a great game to be involved in we seem to have many tight finishes against pakistan the last three have gone to the last 25 minutes of the last day both teams fought incredibly hard i think we had moments although the resistance put up by pakistan on the last day was incredibly strong it is really exciting to cross the line and hunt for an opportunity for the world test championship he addedfor pakistan fawad alams valiant secondinnings century has lifted him 80 places to 102nd position while wicketkeeper mohammad rizwans scores of 71 and 60 have helped him advance 27 places to