ICC Test Rankings: Jasprit Bumrah breaks into high 5, Virat Kohli slips to ninth

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Fresh from his maiden Test five-wicket haul at residence, Indian tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah jumped six spots to fourth however struggling star batter Virat Kohli slipped to ninth within the newest ICC rankings launched on Wednesday.

Bumrah, who returned with eight wickets within the Day/Night second Test in opposition to Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, climbed previous Shaheen Afridi, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, James Anderson, Neil Wagner and Josh Hazlewood within the Test rankings for bowlers.

Former captain Kohli, who continued his battle with the bat and couldn’t convert his begins, dropped 4 locations, however managed to stay contained in the top-10 simply forward of Rishabh Pant who remained static at tenth.

Virat Kohli in motion in opposition to Sri Lanka.

Kohli scored 45 within the opening Test in Mohali, whereas within the second Test he had scores of 23 and 13. He is but to attain a century since his 136 in opposition to Bangladesh in November 2019.

India skipper Rohit Sharma, nevertheless, held on to his sixth place to be the best-placed Indian within the batting charts.

The in-form Shreyas Iyer was rewarded for his match-winning 92 and 67 in opposition to Sri Lanka as he took an enormous leap, advancing 40 spots to be on thirty seventh place within the batting chart.

Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne jumped as much as a profession greatest No 3 after his combating 107 within the second innings in Bangalore.

In the all-rounders’ desk, Ravindra Jadeaja was displaced from the No.1 place as West Indies’ Jason Holder reclaimed the highest spot.

Jadeja had risen to No 1 after his 175 not out and 9 wickets within the Mohali Test earlier this month.

Ravichandran Ashwin, Shakib Al Hasan and Ben Stokes rounded off the highest 5 within the all-rounders’ checklist.

In the bowlers’ rating, Mohammed Shami climbed up a spot to displace fellow countryman Ravindra Jadeja to seventeenth. Pat Cummins, Ashwin and Kagiso Rabada have retained the highest three spots among the many bowlers.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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