James Anderson of England was surpassed by R Ashwin to claim the top position among bowlers in the ICC Test rankings.
Ravichandran Ashwin of India has surpassed England pacer James Anderson to take the top position in the ICC Test bowlers rankings. Ashwin leads with 869 rating points after taking 25 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, while Anderson is second, 10 rating points behind the Indian off-spinner. Former India skipper Virat Kohli also made significant gains in the Test rankings for batters, rising seven places to take 13th place.
While Ashwin has been a consistent performer for India in whites, Kohli stopped his 1205-day drought without a Test ton by reaching the triple digits in the drawn Ahmedabad Test against Australia. He got 186 runs in the first two innings but fell short of the coveted double-hundred.
Kohli is now not far behind teammates Rishabh Pant (ninth) and Rohit Sharma (10th) in the Test batter standings.
Axar Patel also had a standout series, particularly with the bat, moving up eight spots to 44th on the list of batters and moving up one position to take the fourth spot overall on the list of all-rounders after amassing a staggering 264 runs over the course of the four games.
The only Indian batters currently ranked ahead of Kohli are teammates Rishabh Pant (ninth) and Rohit Sharma (tenth) in the Test batter standings.
Axar Patel also had a standout series, particularly with the bat, moving up eight spots to 44th on the list of batters and moving up one position to take the fourth spot overall on the list of all-rounders after amassing a staggering 264 runs over the course of the four games.
The main players for India in the series were Ashwin and Jadeja, with the former getting 25 wickets and the latter 22, respectively. But for some reason, Jadeja fell from eighth to ninth place in the list of Test spinners.
The most recent rankings update included promotions for Australian cricketers as well. Usman Khawaja, the opening batsman, moved up two spots to take over seventh position among Test batters after scoring a series-high 333 runs. All-rounder Cameron Green, who only played in the test against India in Ahmedabad, advanced 11 spots overall to take 26th position.
