The latest figures of Test rankings have been released by the International Cricket Council, in which major changes have been seen in both the bowling and batting departments. Australia's experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc In the recently played second test match against Bangladesh, he bowled brilliantly and took a total of 10 wickets (6 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings). Due to his excellent performance, he was chosen as 'Player of the Match' and he got huge benefit from it in the ICC rankings as well.
Mitchell Starc has reached the number-1 position in the ICC Test bowling rankings for the first time in his career. He now has 872 rating points in his account. In this reshuffle, Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has suffered a loss, who has slipped to second place with 862 rating points due to being away from Test cricket for a long time and being out of the Sri Lanka series due to injury. Apart from Bumrah, no other bowler from India is currently included in the list of top-10 bowlers, while Australian captain Pat Cummins has also gained one place and has reached fifth position.
On the other hand, England's Harry Brook remains at the top in the list of batsmen, but India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has made a huge leap. Due to his consistent performance and scoring half-centuries in the recent matches against Sri Lanka, Pant has jumped 6 places and has reached the seventh position in the latest rankings. He is the only Indian batsman to make a place in the top-10 list of Test batsmen.
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