ICC Test Bowling Rankings: In the first Test match against Australia, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja did not get a chance to play in the playing eleven. Both these great players were sitting on the bench. In the first Test, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy made their Test debut for Team India and these players performed well. Team India managed to win the first test match by 295 runs. Now the ICC has announced the new Test ranking of the bowlers. In which the influence of Indian players has been seen.
Ashwin has gained one position
Ravichandran Ashwin has gained one place in the ICC Test rankings of bowlers. He is ranked fourth and has 807 rating points. Along with this, his teammate Ravindra Jadeja has lost one place. He is currently ranked 7th and has 794 rating points. Apart from Ashwin-Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah is present in the top-10 ranking of Indian players. He performed brilliantly in the first test match and took 8 wickets. Due to this, Team India has been able to win the match. Due to this it has reached number one and has 883 rating points.
Ashwin has taken 536 wickets in Test cricket
The duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have single-handedly led Team India to victory in many matches over the past decade. But the pair has not been so successful outside India. But these two are no match on Indian pitches. Ashwin has 536 Test wickets and Jadeja has 319 Test wickets. When these two are in their rhythm they can blow away any team in the world. Apart from bowling, both these players also bat strongly in the lower order. Ashwin (3474 runs) and Jadeja have scored 3235 runs.
Top-10 Bowlers in ICC Test Rankings:
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 883 rating
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – 872 rating
- Josh Hazlewood (Aus) – 860 rating
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 807 rating
- Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 801 rating
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 796 rating
- Ravindra Jadeja (India) – 794 rating
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 782 rating
- Noman Ali (Pakistan) – 759 rating
- Matt Henry (New Zealand) – 750 rating
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