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After his haul of 6/91 in the drawn Ahmedabad Test against Australia, India’s ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took sole possession of the top spot in the latest ICC Test Rankings for bowlers, released on Wednesday.
Ashwin shared the Player of the Series award for his 25 wickets at an average of 17.28. That performance has propelled him to the top of the rankings, where he is now ten rating points ahead of veteran England pacer James Anderson.
Talismanic batter Virat Kohli has also risen seven places to 13th in the ICC Test Rankings for batters following his Player of the Match 186, which ended a 1205-day drought for a Test century. Cameron Green of Australia (up 11 places to 26th) and India’s Shubman Gill (up 17 places to 46th) have also progressed after notching centuries in Ahmedabad.
Following an impressive 264 runs in four matches, left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel has moved up eight places to 44th on the batters list and one place to fourth on the all-rounders list.
Usman Khawaja, Australia’s left-handed opener, has moved up two spots to seventh place and a career-high 815 rating points after scoring 180 in the drawn fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad.
Travis Head’s topsy-turvy series ended well, with the left-handed middle-order batter and recently turned opener remaining fifth in the Test batter rankings with a new career high of 853 rating points.
Daryl Mitchell’s 102 and 81 in New Zealand’s epic victory over Sri Lanka in Christchurch has helped him reach a career-best eighth position as he touched the 800-point mark for the first time.
Angelo Mathews of Sri Lanka has moved up the Test batting rankings, with scores of 47 and 115 moving him from 19th to 17th. New Zealand captain Tim Southee rose from 18th to 12th in the bowlers’ rankings after taking 5/64 and 2/57.
Following the conclusion of the South Africa-West Indies series, Proteas captain Temba Bavuma rose 14 places to 15th overall on the list of Test batters, while teammate Aiden Markram rose 11 places to 22nd.
Kyle Mayers, a seam-bowling all-rounder for the West Indies, jumped 10 places to 32nd on the Test bowlers list and three spots to seventh overall on the all-rounders list.
Bangladesh batter Najmul 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 moved him up 68 places to 16th in the Men’s T20I Player Rankings.
Source:OCN
