Test Ranking: Indian star fast bowler has claimed first place in the Test ranking table: India’s fast bowler has risen to the top of the Test bowling rankings for the first time, a result that has seen a teammate slip to third place.
The announcement that the Indian pacer has taken the top spot in the most recent ICC men’s Test bowler rankings has validated Jasprit Bumrah’s status as the greatest fast bowler in the world.
Bumrah reached the top spot for the first time on the back of his tremendous match figures of 9/91 during his team’s series-leveling 106-run win over England in the second Test in Vizag, an effort which saw the right-arm fast bowler take the lead. India’s first fast bowler to achieve top Test ranking.
ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings
Bumrah, who took nine wickets in the second Test, earned player of the match honors and climbed three places in the latest Test rankings for bowlers to overtake teammate Ravichandran Ashwin at the top spot.
Ashwin, who has held the premier ranking since March last year – managed just three wickets for India in the same match and dropped two places to third in the updated rankings for Test bowlers, while South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada Despite this, it has retained its second position. Sat out the Proteas Test series in New Zealand.
This is the first time that Bumrah has achieved the top ranking, the 30-year-old had never finished higher than third before despite taking a total of 10 five-wicket hauls in 34 Test matches for his country.
Two of these five-wicket hauls came in Test matches in 2024, with the India fast bowler taking figures of 6/61 against South Africa in Cape Town at the start of the year and then followed up with an equally impressive performance of 6/45 . His most recent appearance was against England.
The only other players from the Asian nation to have done it previously were Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bishan Bedi. Bumrah is the fourth and first fast bowler from India to top the bowling charts.
Bumrah is not the only Indian player to surge in the latest ICC rankings, his teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal was also rewarded for his brilliant double century during the first innings of the Vizag Test with England.
Bowling Rankings
| Pos | Team | Player Name | Rating | Career Best Rating |
| 1 | IND | Jasprit Bumrah | 881 | 881 vs England, 2024 |
| 2 | SA | Kagiso Rabada | 851 | 902 vs Australia, 2018 |
| 3 | IND | Ravichandran Ashwin | 841 | 904 vs England, 2016 |
| 4 | AUS | Pat Cummins | 828 | 914 vs England, 2019 |
| 5 | AUS | Josh Hazlewood | 818 | 864 vs India, 2017 |
| 6 | SL | Prabath Jayasuriya | 783 | 783 vs Afghanistan, 2024 |
| 7 | ENG | James Anderson | 780 | 903 vs India, 2018 |
| 8 | AUS | Nathan Lyon | 746 | 799 vs England, 2023 |
| 9 | IND | Ravindra Jadeja | 746 | 899 vs Australia, 2017 |
| 10 | ENG | Ollie Robinson | 746 | 820 vs New Zealand, 2023 |
| 11 | AUS | Mitchell Starc | 737 | 807 vs New Zealand, 2019 |
| 12 | PAK | Shaheen Afridi | 733 | 836 vs Sri Lanka, 2022 |
| 13 | NZ | Tim Southee | 724 | 839 vs India, 2021 |
| 14 | NZ | Kyle Jamieson | 708 | 836 vs England, 2022 |
| 15 | BAN | Taijul Islam | 706 | 708 vs New Zealand, 2023 |
ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings
Jaiswal helped set up the win with a career-best 209 at the start of the match and the youngster has climbed 37 places to 29th in the latest rankings for Test batsmen, while New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson remains at the top. Are walking.
Australia’s Steve Smith regains second place in the batsmen’s rankings, while England’s Joe Root slips to third, while compatriot Jack Crawley moves up eight places to 22nd after two innings of 70s against India. Reached the place.
Sri Lankan spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya jumped three places to sixth in the Test bowling ranks after taking eight wickets in the one-off Test against Afghanistan, while compatriot Asitha Fernando moved up seven places to 34th after taking six wickets in the same match. Reached the place.
England’s Ben Stokes (fourth) and India’s Axar Patel (fifth) jumped one place in the list of Test all-rounders after the Vizag Test, while there was little change in the latest ODI rankings following the conclusion of Australia’s home series against the West Indies.
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Batting ranking:
| Pos | Team | Player Name | Rating | Career Best Rating |
| 1 | NZ | Kane Williamson | 864 | 919 vs Pakistan, 2021 |
| 2 | AUS | Steve Smith | 818 | 947 vs South Africa, 2018 |
| 3 | ENG | Joe Root | 797 | 923 vs India, 2022 |
| 4 | NZ | Daryl Mitchell | 786 | 804 vs Bangladesh, 2023 |
| 5 | PAK | Babar Azam | 768 | 882 vs New Zealand, 2022 |
| 6 | AUS | Usman Khawaja | 765 | 847 vs England, 2023 |
| 7 | IND | Virat Kohli | 760 | 937 vs England, 2018 |
| 8 | ENG | Harry Brook | 758 | 773 vs Australia, 2023 |
| 9 | SL | Dimuth Karunaratne | 750 | 783 vs Ireland, 2023 |
| 10 | AUS | Marnus Labuschagne | 746 | 937 vs West Indies, 2022 |
| 11 | AUS | Travis Head | 741 | 884 vs India, 2023 |
ICC Men’s Test All-Rounder Rankings
Spinner Adam Zampa has moved up one place to third in the latest ODI bowling rankings, behind his teammates Keshav Maharaj (1st) and Josh Hazlewood (2nd), while teammate Sean Abbott has moved up 35 places to 33rd. , who hit a six with the ball. Wicket.
All-Rounder Rankings
| Pos | Team | Player Name | Rating | Career Best Rating |
| 1 | IND | Ravindra Jadeja | 416 | 460 vs Australia, 2023 |
| 2 | IND | Ravichandran Ashwin | 326 | 492 vs England, 2016 |
| 3 | BAN | Shakib Al Hasan | 320 | 489 vs Australia, 2017 |
| 4 | ENG | Ben Stokes | 295 | 497 vs West Indies, 2020 |
| 5 | IND | Axar Patel | 286 | 316 vs Australia, 2023 |
| 6 | ENG | Joe Root | 281 | 313 vs India, 2024 |
| 7 | WI | Jason Holder | 270 | 485 vs England, 2020 |
| 8 | SA | Marco Jansen | 244 | 268 vs India, 2023 |
| 9 | AUS | Pat Cummins | 234 | 339 vs England, 2019 |
| 10 | WI | Kyle Mayers | 230 | 258 vs Bangladesh, 2022 |
| 11 | AUS | Mitchell Starc | 222 | 346 vs India, 2017 |
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