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Jasprit Bumrah stays No.1 in ICC Test bowling rankings despite Australian domination in top 10
India's Jasprit Bumrah retained his top spot in the ICC Test bowling rankings despite India's narrow defeat in the third Test against England at Lord's. Bumrah played the first Test at Headingley and picked up a five-wicket haul, but missed out on the second Test at Edgbaston to maintain his workload.
Bumrah returned to the playing XI for the third Test at Lord's and picked up a five-wicket haul again, but failed to help India win the match. Despite India's heartbreaking loss, Bumrah has remained at the top in terms of individual rankings. Meanwhile, Australians are dominating the top 10 of the Test bowling rankings.
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South Africa's Kagiso Rabada is in second place, while his teammate Marco Jansen, Pakistan's Noman Ali, and New Zealand's Matt Henry are the only non-Australian bowlers in the rest of the top 10.
Scott Boland made the biggest move this week, jumping six spots to a career-best sixth place after his hat-trick in the third Test against West Indies. Australian captain Pat Cummins is ranked third, Josh Hazlewood is fourth, Nathan Lyon is eighth, and Mitchell Starc is tenth.
Joe Root reclaims the top spot in batting rankings
England batter Joe Root reclaimed the top position in the ICC men's Test rankings within a week of losing it while India's all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja climbed to the 34th spot in the latest list released here on Wednesday.
Root's scores of 104 and 40 in the third Test of the five-match series against India at Lord's that England won by 22 runs helped him start his eighth stint at the top.
At 34, he is the oldest No. 1 Test batter since Kumar Sangakkara in December 2014, when the Sri Lankan was 37. Root had lost his top spot to compatriot Harry Brook, who has slipped behind Kane Williamson to third position.
Among Indian batters, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and vice-captain Rishabh Pant have dropped down a rung each and are currently placed fifth and eighth respectively, while skipper Shubman Gill has also fallen three places to ninth.
However, Jaeja has risen five places to 34th after scores of 72 and a fighting 61 not out at Lord's. KL Rahul, who made 100 and 39 in the same match, has also climbed five places and now sits one spot behind Jadeja on 35th.
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England captain Ben Stokes' player of the match effort of 77 runs and five wickets at the Lord's have lifted him two places to 42nd among batters and one spot to 45th among bowlers.
(With agency inputs)
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