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Jasprit Bumrah took 8 wickets in the Perth Test against Australia.
Indian team’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has once again reached the top in the latest ICC Test rankings. ICC released the latest rankings on Wednesday.
Bumrah recently performed brilliantly in the first Test match played against Australia in Perth and took eight wickets. Bumrah was also named player of the match for his performance.
Bumrah left Rabada behind Bumrah overtook South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and reached the first position in the rankings for Test bowlers for the second time in a calendar year. Before the start of the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Bumrah was third in the bowlers’ rankings behind Rabada and Josh Hazlewood. Bumrah got the benefit of his strong performance in the first test match and once again reached the top.
Rabada, who was leading South Africa’s fast bowling against Sri Lanka, has slipped to second place. Despite taking five wickets in the first Test match against India, Australia’s fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is in third place.
Yashasvi also jumped Yashasvi Jaiswal, who contributed significantly to India’s 295-run win over Australia, has also jumped in the rankings. Yashasvi has moved up two places to second place in the batting rankings. Currently England’s Joe Root is ahead of them. Yashasvi’s rating point is 825 which is the best rating of his career. Yashasvi had played an inning of 161 runs in the second innings of the first Test against Australia. However, he could not even open the account in the first innings. Yashasvi had made a partnership of 201 runs with KL Rahul for the first wicket.
Yashasvi had played an inning of 161 runs in the second innings.
Kohli gained nine places Star batsman Virat Kohli, who played an unbeaten century in the Perth Test, has also gained nine places and has come to 13th position. Kohli had scored an unbeaten 100 runs in the second innings of the first Test match against Australia. This was his 30th century in Test. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has slipped to 14th place due to poor form. Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja have also lost two and four places.
Kohli had scored an unbeaten 100 runs in the second innings of the first test.