Jasprit Bumrah Record Highest Ever Ranked Indian Test Bowler: According to the ICC, Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Wednesday became the highest-ranked Indian Test bowler in ICC rankings history, surpassing Ravichandran Ashwin’s 904 rating points. With 907 points, Bumrah is jointly ranked 17th in the all-time list with England’s Derek Underwood. Bumrah’s stellar performance in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series saw him take nine wickets in the MCG clash between India and Australia and helped him consolidate his lead as the No. 1 Test bowler in the latest rankings update. . The Test bowling rankings also saw a positive change for Australia captain Pat Cummins, who jumped 15 rating points and reached No. 3 in the bowling rankings thanks to his six wickets in the Boxing Day Test.
Cummins also achieved the third position in the Test all-rounder rankings on the basis of the above bowling feats and scoring 90 crucial runs during Australia’s spectacular win in Melbourne. Another fast bowler to gain from his Boxing Day performance is Marco Jensen, who has moved up six places to fifth in the bowling rankings following his seven wickets in the Proteas’ win over Pakistan in the Centurion Boxing Day clash. This is the first time that Jensen has gone beyond 800 rating points.
In the same match, Aiden Markram’s brilliant innings of 89 and 37 brought him back into the world’s top 20 batsmen as South Africa secured their place in the final of the ICC Test Championship with a win over Pakistan. Yashasvi Jaiswal (up one place to career-best fourth), Steve Smith (up three places to seventh), Saud Shakeel (up three places to career-best sixth) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (up 20 places to 53) His brilliant innings gave him an advantage in the Test batting rankings.
On the other hand, free-flowing run-scoring saw six centuries scored in the Zimbabwe-Afghanistan Boxing Day Test in Bulawayo, and for Rahmat Shah (up 21 places to 52nd) and Hashmatullah Shahidi (up 25 places to 57th). There were significant gains in the batting rankings, with his double centuries surpassing the highest ever Test score for Afghanistan. For the hosts, the gainers included Sean Williams (up 10 places to 19th with 653 rating points, the best for a Zimbabwean batsman since Brendan Taylor in 2014), Craig Ervine (up five places to 47th) and Brian Bennett – who entered the top 100 Test bowlers after taking his first five-wicket haul.
Apart from this, the performers in the ongoing T20I series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka also gained momentum in the T20I rankings. Pathum Nissanka has moved up three places to move closer to the top five batsmen, while Mitchell Santner has moved into the top 10 in the bowling rankings.