Ravichandran Ashwin regains No 1 spot in ICC Test bowlers rankings

Senior India spinner Ravichandran Ashwins superlative show in the fourth Test against Australia has helped him regain the top spot among bowlers in the latest ICC Rankings issued on WednesdayAshwin who grabbed a haul of six for 91 in the drawn fourth Test and was the leading wickettaker in the BorderGavaskar Trophy with 25 scalps is 10 rating points ahead of England seamer James AndersonFellow Indian leftarm spinner Axar Patel climbed six places to 28 among bowlers He also rose to the fourth spot in the allrounders list led by Ashwin and JadejaWhile pacer Jasprit Bumrah who is recovering from a recurring back injury dropped to number seven among bowlersTalismanic Indian batter Virat Kohli moved seven places to 13th position after his Player of the Match performance against Australia in the fourth TestThe highscoring match at Ahmedabad also saw opener Shubhman Gill who smashed a fine century jump 17 places to 46thThe injured Rishabh Pant 9th and skipper Rohit Sharma 10th are the Indian batters in the top 10Australia opener Usman Khawaja and New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell have also made notable gains in the listKhawajas score of 180 in the drawn fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad has lifted him two spots to seventh position and to a careerbest 815 rating points while Mitchells knocks of 102 and 81 in the epic victory over Sri Lanka in Christchurch has helped him reach a careerbest eighth position as he touches the 800point mark for the first timeAlso readRavichandran Ashwin Jadeja gives me freedom to be creativeIn the latest weekly update that also considers performances in the second Test between South Africa and the West Indies in Johannesburg Temba Bavumas matchwinning 172 for the home side has lifted him 14 slots to a career best 15th positionSri Lankas Angelo Mathews is another one to move up the batting rankings his scores of 47 and 115 taking him from 19th to 17th positionIn the ICC Mens T20I Player Rankings Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shantos scores of 51 46 not out and 47 not out not only won him the Player of the Series award at home against England but have also lifted him 68 places to 16th positionIn the ODI Rankings Nepal batters Rohit Paudel up four places to 55th and Aasif Sheikh up 16 places to 62nd and legspin bowler Sandeep Lamichhane up five places to 21st are among those to progress owing to their performances in matches of the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup League 2 in Kirtipur NepalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever