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Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli Ranking: After the 295-run victory in the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the players of Team India have got a big advantage in the latest ICC rankings. Jasprit Bumrah has again become the number 1 bowler in the rankings announced on Wednesday. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli have also benefited in this ranking.
India’s star bowler Bumrah has achieved the best ranking of his career due to his brilliant performance against Australia in Perth. He has again become the number 1 player in the latest ICC men’s Test bowler rankings.
Bumrah took 8 wickets during India’s 295-run win in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as part of the ICC World Test Championship series. He was the ‘Player of the Match’ in the match. With this performance, Bumrah jumped two places from his old ranking. He has left behind South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada and Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood. In this way, he has again captured the throne of ICC rankings in Test bowling.
Bumrah reached the top for the first time in February 2024 with 9 (6+3) wickets in the Visakhapatnam Test against England. Then, he came out on top again in the series against Bangladesh in October, but has been ousted by Kagiso Rabada in recent weeks.
Mohammad Siraj also benefited in ICC ranking
Another fast bowler of Team India, Mohammad Siraj has also gained in the ranking. The right-arm fast bowler took 5 wickets against Australia in Perth. With this, he has improved three places to reach 25th position.
Yashasvi Jaiswal will defeat Joe Root
England’s legend Joe Root still remains at number 1 in the rankings of Test batsmen. But Yashasvi Jaiswal is now posing a threat to his ranking. Now Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the number 2 Test batsman in the latest rankings. He scored a brilliant century in the second innings against Australia. Which proved to be the turning point in the Perth Test. With this historic innings, he has jumped two places to reach the second position. However, he also scored a career-best 825 rating points, slightly behind Joe Root’s 78 rating points.
Australia’s left-arm fast bowler Travis Head has moved up three places to 10th position after his innings of 89 runs in Perth. At the same time, Virat Kohli has moved up nine places to reach 13th position after his 30th Test century. The Indian pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin remain in the top 2 positions in the rankings for Test all-rounders. However, neither of them played in the opening Test against Australia.
