Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday changed England quick bowler James Anderson on the high of the newest ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings.
Ashwin claimed the highest spot after taking six wickets in India’s emphatic win over Australia within the second Test in New Delhi. Anderson slipped to second place after England’s shock defeat to New Zealand within the Wellington Test. The 36-year-old Ashwin first claimed the highest honors amongst Test bowlers in 2015 and has since returned to the highest spot on a number of events.
Ashwin took large wickets in India’s win in Dehli, eradicating Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the identical over of the primary innings and returning to get Alex Carey for a duck. In the second innings, the off-spinner once more picked three out of the highest 5 whereas his spin bowling associate Ravindra Jadeja troubled the remainder of Australia’s batsmen from the opposite finish.
👑 A New Number 1 👑
India’s star spinner replaces James Anderson on the high @MRFWorldwide ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings 👏
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– ICC (@ICC) March 1, 2023
Ashwin has an opportunity to increase his newest No. 1 spot in India’s two remaining Tests on house soil within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy Ashwin third Test No. 1 in as many weeks after Anderson changed Australia skipper Pat The bowlers have grow to be Cummins on high for the final time. The trio continues to be among the many high three bowlers within the newest rankings.
Anderson is now 5 ranking factors behind Ashwin, who has 864 factors.
Jadeja’s 10 wickets within the second Test towards Australia additionally takes him as much as eighth within the bowling rankings, with Jadeja and Ashwin occupying the highest two positions within the Test all-rounder rankings.
England’s Joe Root is the opposite large mover within the all-rounder rankings, transferring up two locations to eighth.
Root’s return to high type in Wellington additionally sees him transfer previous Travis Head and Babar Azam to 3rd within the MRF Tires ICC Test Batting Rankings.
Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are ranked first and second respectively amongst Test batsmen.
New Zealander Tom Blundell is a brand new arrival within the high 10, having moved up 4 locations to seventh after a run helped the Black Caps to their well-known follow-on victory within the second Test towards England.
England younger gun Harry Brook continued his meteoric rise within the batting rankings after one other good century, leaping 15 locations to attract stage with Virat Kohli at sixteenth.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
