Ashwin got benefit without playing, Ravindra Jadeja suffered loss; Reshuffle in ICC test rankings
Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin
ICC Test Bowling Rankings: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja did not get a chance to play in the playing eleven in the first Test match against Australia. Both these great players were sitting on the bench. In the first test, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy made their test debut for Team India and these players performed well. Team India was successful in winning the first test match by 295 runs. Now ICC has released the new test ranking of bowlers. In which the dominance of Indian players has been seen.
Ashwin gained one place
Ravichandran Ashwin has gained one place in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers. He is ranked fourth and has 807 rating points. At the same time, his teammate Ravindra Jadeja has lost one place. He is currently ranked 7th and has 794 rating points. Apart from Ashwin-Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah is present in the top-10 in the ranking among Indian players. He performed brilliantly in the first test match and took 8 wickets. It is because of him that Team India has been successful in winning the match. For this reason, he has reached number one and has 883 rating points.
Ashwin has taken 536 wickets in test cricket
The pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have single-handedly led Team India to victory in many matches in the last decade. But this pair has not been that successful outside India. But these two have no match on Indian pitches. Ashwin has 536 Test wickets in his name and Jadeja has taken 319 wickets in Tests. When these two are in their rhythm, they can overwhelm any team in the world. Apart from bowling, both these players also do strong batting in the lower order. Ashwin (3474 runs) and Jadeja have scored 3235 runs.
Top-10 bowlers of ICC Test Ranking:
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 883 rating
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – 872 rating
- Josh Hazlewood (Aus) – 860 rating
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 807 rating
- Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 801 rating
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 796 rating
- Ravindra Jadeja (India) – 794 rating
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 782 ratings
- Noman Ali (Pakistan) – 759 rating
- Matt Henry (New Zealand) – 750 rating
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