ICC Test Rankings: Ashwin drops six factors, tied with Anderson as No. 1 Test bowler

India’s Ravichandran Ashwin misplaced six score factors however nonetheless remained joint primary Test bowler with England fast James Anderson within the ICC rankings launched on Wednesday.

Ashwin, who surged to No. 1 in Test bowling rankings final week, took simply 4 wickets within the two innings within the third Test in opposition to Australia in Indore. Australia received the match by 9 wickets to safe their first victory on Indian soil since 2017.

It meant it’s now a tie on the high with each Ashwin and Anderson occupying the pole place with 859 factors every.

The battle to grow to be the highest Test bowler on this planet has additionally heated up with Australian captain Pat Cummins and South African velocity gun Kagiso Rabada and spinner Nathan Lyon in putting distance.

Cummins, who pulled out of the ultimate two Tests within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar sequence due to private causes, has seen his score drop to 849 factors however the pacer nonetheless maintained his place in third spot.

Meanwhile, South Africa pacer Rabada, who bagged eight wickets of their 87-run win over the West Indies within the first Test at Centurion, improved three spots to fourth and as much as 807 score factors.

Australia spinner Lyon additionally had an attention grabbing transfer inside the highest 10, bettering 5 locations to ninth total (769 score factors) following his match-winning 11-wicket haul in Indore.

In the rating of the Test batters, Australia opener Usman Khawaja moved up two locations to ninth total.

South Africa right-hander Aiden Markram shot up 21 locations to thirty third, whereas the West Indies middle-order batter Jermaine Blackwood was up 12 spots to 35.

There was additionally loads of motion on the most recent ODI Player Rankings, following the completion of England’s sequence in Bangladesh.

England opener Jason Roy improved 5 locations to 12 total on the listing for batters, whereas his skipper Jos Buttler was up 4 spots to sixteenth and the skilled Dawid Malan went up by 22 spots to thirty fifth.

Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan, who holds the No. 1 place within the ODI all-rounders’ rankings, went up 5 locations to twenty seventh on the listing of batters and two spots to fifth amongst bowlers.