There has been a big upheaval in the latest Test rankings of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Australia's experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who performed killer bowling in the second match of the Test series being played against Bangladesh, has won the number one crown in the ICC Test bowlers' rankings for the first time in his career. He has achieved this historic feat by defeating Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and New Zealand's Matt Henry. Mitchell Starc's brilliant performance and the crown of number 1. In the second test match played against Bangladesh, 36-year-old left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc created havoc with his deadly bowling. He took 6 wickets for just 12 runs in the first innings of the match and 4 wickets for 39 runs in the second innings. Thanks to this wonderful performance by Starc, Australia registered a big victory by an innings and 51 runs. On the basis of this brilliant performance, Starc took a huge leap in the rankings and became the world's number one Test bowler, 10 rating points ahead of India's Jasprit Bumrah and New Zealand's Matt Henry. Earlier, Starc had reached the second position once in his career after the 'Boxing Day' Test last year, but reaching the top is a new milestone for him. Break on Jasprit Bumrah's reign, Rishabh Pant and Harry Brook also benefited. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who has been on top for two months in the current season, is out of the ongoing series against Sri Lanka due to injury. However, overall Bumrah has been the number one bowler for 697 days in his career, which is a record for any Indian bowler and places him 14th in the all-time list. Apart from this, England's Harry Brook has strengthened his position at the top in the batting rankings and he has gone 24 rating points ahead of his teammate Joe Root. At the same time, India's star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has also made a spectacular jump and has gained six places to reach the seventh position. KL Rahul (30th) and Devdutt Padikkal (59th) have also improved their batting rankings. Bowlers and batsmen around the world got ranking advantage. Based on the performance of various recently concluded Test matches, other players have also got a big advantage in the ranking. England fast bowler Ollie Robinson has jumped 15 places to 11th position after taking eight wickets in the Leeds Test against Pakistan, while Josh Tong, who took eight wickets in the same match, has dropped to 17th position. Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who took 10 wickets during India's spectacular win in the Galle Test against Sri Lanka, has jumped 28 places to reach his career-best 48th ranking. Apart from this, players like Nathan Lyon, Joffra Archer, Prasidh Krishna and Cameron Green have also registered excellent improvement in their respective rankings.
