Senior India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s impressive performance in the fourth Test against Australia has helped him regain the top spot among bowlers in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday.
Ashwin, who took 6/91 in the drawn fourth Test and was the highest wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 25 wickets, is 10 rating points ahead of England seamer James Anderson.
Fellow Indian left-arm spinner Akshar Patel has moved up six places to reach 28th position among bowlers. He also moved up to fourth in the list of all-rounders led by Ashwin and Jadeja.
While pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who is recovering from a recurring back injury, slipped to number seven among bowlers.
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Charismatic Indian batsman Virat Kohli has jumped seven places to reach 13th position after his player-of-the-match performance in the fourth Test against Australia.
The high-scoring match in Ahmedabad also saw opener Shubman Gill, who scored a brilliant century, jump 17 places to 46th position.
Injured Rishabh Pant (9th) and skipper Rohit Sharma (10th) are the other Indian batsmen in the top 10.
Australia opener Usman Khawaja and New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell have also made notable gains in the list.
Khawaja’s score of 180 in the drawn Fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad saw him move up two places to seventh and reach a career-best 815 rating points, while Mitchell’s scores of 102 and 81 in a stunning win over Sri Lanka in Christchurch The innings helped him reach here. He touched the 800 mark for the first time at a career-best eighth position.
In the latest weekly update which also takes into account performances in the second Test between South Africa and West Indies in Johannesburg, Temba Bavuma’s match-winning 172 for the home team has lifted him 14 places to a career-best 15th position.
Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews is another player to move up the batting rankings, his scores of 47 and 115 taking him from 19th to 17th.
In the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, Bangladesh batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto’s scores of 51, 46 not out and 47 not out not only earned him the Player of the Series award at home against England but also saw him move up 68 places to 16th position. Delivered.
Nepal batsmen Rohit Paudel (up four places to 55th) and Asif Sheikh (up 16 places to 62nd) and leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane (up five places to 21st) in the ODI rankings are among those Who will move on because of their performance. ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match in Kirtipur, Nepal.
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