R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah
India and Bangladesh have faced each other in a 2-match test series. Team India registered a resounding victory in this series. In the first Test match played in Chennai, Team India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs and then won the second Test in Kanpur by 7 wickets and swept Bangladesh 2-0 in the series. In this Test series, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja did wonders with the ball. R Ashwin and Bumrah took 11 wickets each while taking 9 wickets in their name. Both Ashwin and Bumrah took equal number of wickets against Bangladesh but only one bowler got the advantage in the latest ICC Test rankings.
Number 1 crown snatched from Ashwin
ICC has released the latest Test rankings in which Jasprit Bumrah has occupied the first position. Interestingly, Bumrah has achieved the top position, pushing compatriot R Ashwin to the second position. Bumrah has topped the ICC Test rankings for only the second time after taking 6 wickets in the match during India’s seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in Kanpur. Ashwin took a total of five wickets in the second Test against Bangladesh and is now just one point behind Bumrah’s 870 rating points. R Ashwin became the number-1 Test bowler in March this year. Then Ashwin had taken the number-1 throne from Bumrah. Now Bumrah has snatched the number-1 crown from Ashwin. Bumrah has reached the top ranking of Test bowlers for the second time. Sri Lanka’s Prabhat Jayasuriya has gained one place in the list of top-10 bowlers and has now reached 8th position.
The latest ranking of Test bowlers includes 2 bowlers from India, 2 from Australia and one South African bowler. At third place is Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood and then Australian Test captain Pat Cummins. Kagiso Rabada is at 5th position.
ICC latest rankings (bowlers)
- Jasprit Bumrah- 870 rating points
- R Ashwin- 869 rating points
- Josh Hazlewood- 847 rating points
- Pat Cummins- 820 rating points
- Kagiso Rabada- 820 rating points
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