ICC Ranking: Veteran batsmen of any team in the world kneel before the stormy bowling of Indian team's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. In the first Test match against Australia, he bowled brilliantly and took eight wickets. Bumrah was also named player of the match for his performance. Bumrah was leading the team as captain in this match.
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Now Bumrah has got a big advantage in ICC rankings. He overtook South Africa's Kagiso Rabada to reach the top spot in the rankings for Test bowlers for the second time in a calendar year. Before the start of the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Bumrah was third in the bowlers' rankings behind Rabada and Josh Hazlewood.
He bowled brilliantly against Australia, which benefited him. With this he has again reached the top. Rabada, who was leading South Africa's fast bowling against Sri Lanka, has slipped to second place. Despite taking five wickets in the first Test match against India, Australia's fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is in third place.
Along with this, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who contributed significantly to India's 295-run victory over Australia, has also jumped in the rankings. The ranking of successful batsmen has improved by two places to second place. Currently England's Joe Root is ahead of them. Yashasvi's rating point is 825 which is the best rating of his career. Yashasvi had played an inning of 161 runs in the second innings of the first Test against Australia.
At the same time, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli, who played an unbeaten century in the Perth Test, has also gained nine places and has come to 13th position. Kohli had scored an unbeaten 100 runs in the second innings of the first Test match against Australia. This was his 30th century in the red ball format. Australia's Marnus Labuschagne has slipped to 14th place due to poor form. Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja have also lost two and four places respectively.
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