Dubai: India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin reached the second spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC Ranking) men’s Test bowlers rankings after taking eight wickets in the opening Test against Australia (India vs Australia) in Nagpur. Went. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who returned to the team after almost five months due to a knee injury, has moved up to 16th position. Jadeja became the man of the match in this match due to his all-round game.
The pair of Ashwin and Jadeja took 15 wickets in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy which India won by 132 runs inside three days. Ashwin took five wickets for 37 runs in the second innings and took three wickets for 42 runs in the first innings. The 36-year-old bowler is 21 ratings points behind Australian skipper Pat Cummins, who is at the top of the rankings. Jadeja took five wickets for 47 runs in the first innings of the match and two wickets for 34 runs in the second innings.
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Among India’s other bowlers, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who has been out of the team since September last year due to injury, is fifth in the rankings. In the batsmen’s list, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has gained the advantage of scoring a century in Nagpur and has moved from 10th to 8th position. Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who is out of the team due to a car accident, is the top Indian player in the rankings. He is at the seventh position. In contrast, Australian openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja paid the price for getting out cheaply twice.
Warner has dropped six places to 20th after scoring another 10 runs, while Khawaja has slipped two places to 10th after scoring just one more five in the first Test. Australian pair of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith occupy the top two positions while Pakistan captain Babar Azam is in third place. India all-rounder Akshar Patel has jumped six places to reach the seventh position in the Test all-rounder rankings. He scored an inning of 84 runs in the opening Test, which is his highest score in this format.(Agency)