Kolkata : Jasprit Bumrah is back at the Number 1 Position in ICC Test Bowling Rankings following his heroics in Test Series against Bangladesh.
Bumrah took 11 wickets in 2 Tests, including 6 Wickets in Kanpur, as a result his points boosted. He replaced his fellow teammate Ravi Ashwin in the Number 1 position.
The pacer last became Number 1 in Test Ranking back in February, that time too, replacing Ashwin. However, Ashwin eventually reclaimed the position.
Before Bumrah, the highest ever ranked Indian pace bowler was Kapil Dev, who got as far as No. 2 in 1979-80 in the ICC’s retrospective rankings.
Now, Ashwin, on 869 rating points, remains a single point behind Bumrah.
India also saw a big move on the Test batting rankings, with Player of the Match from the Kanpur Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal, moving to 3rd after just 11 Tests.
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya, the Player of the Series in his side’s 2-0 sweep of New Zealand in Galle, also moved up among bowlers, to joint-seventh after just 16 Tests.
Among other significant moves on the Test rankings, India’s Virat Kohli is back in the top 10 among batters, moving up six places to sixth after his 47 and 29 not out in Kanpur.
Sri Lanka’s 8 Tests old Kamindu Mendis is up to No. 11 following his unbeaten 182 in the second Test in Galle, and Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz is up to 5th among allrounders alongwith his team-mate Shakib Al Hasan holding his spot at No. 3.
