ICC Rankings: Jasprit Bumrah stays No 1 in Test rankings for bowlers

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has maintained top spot in the ICC Test rankings in the latest rankings released on Wednesday. This comes after Bumrah had recently taken over as the number one bowler in the Test format, following a nine-fer in the second Test against England in Vizag recently. During the same Test, Bumrah had also become the fastest Indian pacer to get to 150 Test wickets.

Bumrah currently has 881 ranking points and is followed by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada (842) in second place and Ravichandran Ashwin (841) in third place. Australian pace duo of Pat Cummins (828) and Josh Hazlewood (818) complete the top five.

Ravindra Jadeja, who is set to return in the third Test against England beginning Thursday, still led the way comprehensively in Test all-rounders’ rankings.

Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan reached the No.1 spot in ODI rankings for all-rounders following his 136 during the opening match of Afghanistan’s three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, while the 39-year-old also picked up a wicket in the same contest to gain one place and move to seventh on the latest rankings for ODI bowlers.

At 39 years 1 month, Nabi has become the oldest player to top the ICC ODI all-rounders’ table, breaking the record held by Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was 38 years 8 months when he was top in June 2015.

The Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib held the position for for 1739 days — from May 7, 2019 (when he took over from Rashid Khan) until February 9 — the longest unbroken stretch anyone has had on top of the ODI all-rounder rankings.

But an ongoing injury concern coupled with some good recent form from Nabi has seen a change at the top.

South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj maintained his lead at the top of ODI bowlers’ list while Sri Lanka duo Wanindu Hasaranga (up 14 spots to equal 26th) and Dilshan Madushanka (up four places to 33rd) joined Nabi in making some ground on the latest set of rankings released on Wednesday.

With PTI inputs