Lord's slip costs Kohli No.1 rank

India's abject performance at Lord's has seen Steve Smith return to the world No.1 Test batsman ranking, while James Anderson has reached a ranking point not seen from an England quick in nearly four decades.

Smith is serving a 12-month ban from international, state and BBL cricket but his imposing Test record remains recognised by the International Cricket Council, with 929 ranking points and an average of 61.37.

Kohli, the India captain, scored 23 and 17 at Lord's as his side were bowled out for 107 and 130 as England claimed a massive win by an innings and 159 runs in a rain-affected match that lasted just 170.3 overs.

Kohli dropped 15 ranking points after last week becoming the first India batsman to reach the world No.1 spot since Sachin Tendulkar.

Smith, who remains on 929 points, is now 10 points clear of Kohli, who also has an inferior career average of 53.64.

The low scores and one-sided loss saw most India's vaunted batting line-up all fall in ranking points.

The notable exception was Ravi Ashwin, who moved up 10 spots with defiant innings of 29 and 33 not out to move up 10 spots to 57th.

Smith's ban does not preclude him from playing in domestic cricket outside Australia, and the former captain struck a composed 41 from 37 balls, with six fours, on his Caribbean Premier League debut for the Barbados Tridents on Monday.

In the bowler rankings, Anderson's match haul of 9-43, which saw him reach a new career high of 903 ranking points to extend his lead at the top of the Test bowler rankings.

Anderson tore through India's top order when the Lord's Test finally got underway on the second morning, with 5-20 in 13.2 overs, and took 4-23 in 12 overs in the second innings.

Anderson is the first England bowler to break the 900 point barrier since legendary allrounder Ian Botham achieved the feat in 1980.

Anderson's 903 puts him joint 19th on the all-time Test bowling ranking list, well below Sydney Barnes who reached 932 points against South Africa in 1914, his final Test match.

The highest bowling ranking this century is the 920 Sri Lanka spinner Muthiah Muralidaran reached in 2007, while Glenn McGrath peaked at 914 points against England in 2001.

Meanwhile, India's media on Monday lashed out at "abysmal batting" that led to a crushing innings defeat by England in the second Test at Lord's.

Mail Today called India's performance a "humiliating defeat" while The Hindu newspaper's headline said "Another abysmal batting display sends India to its doom" after the team were bowled out for 107 and 130.

The tourists lost by an innings and 159 runs to go 2-0 down in the five Test series. Indian journalists lambasted India's batsmen while hailing England's pace spearhead Anderson who took nine wickets in the match.

A Hindustan Times headline read: "India shamed at Lord's as bastmen surrender again".

"For the World No.1 Test team that vowed to play aggressive cricket, its credentials in tough overseas conditions lay tattered amid a batting crisis," the newspaper added.

The Times of India headlined its story "India turn paupers at Lord's." It hailed Anderson as England's "crafty maestro."

While India captain Kohli offered no excuses for the capitulation, Indian commentators highlighted how the Indian top order has faltered in all four Test innings so far with opener Murali Vijay getting a pair at Lord's and Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara failing to fire.

Former Test batsman VVS Laxman said on Twitter that "caught in unfavourable conditions, not reading what the opposition threw, saw India lose the Lord's Test tamely without showing a fight.

"Hopefully lessons are learned quickly and the rest of the batsmen start applying themselves going forward."

Veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle said: "The new ball is a big factor overseas. When the openers blunt the new ball, they give life to the middle order.

"India is getting nothing from its openers and that is where the comeback, if there is one, has to start."

The third Test starts at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday.

ICC Test rankings - batters

Steve Smith 929 points
Virat Kohli 919
Joe Root 851
Kane Williamson 847
David Warner 820

ICC Test rankings - bowlers

James Anderson 903 points
Kagiso Rabada 882
Ravi Jadeja 849
Vernon Philander 826
Ravi Ashwin 802