Ravichandran Ashwin
The Indian team is currently playing a four-Test series against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Team India has taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead by winning the first two matches of the series. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have shown a wonderful game from the Indian team. Australian batsmen have not been able to stand in front of both these bowlers. Now Ashwin has got the benefit of this in the ICC Test rankings.
Ashwin did a great job
Ravichandran Ashwin has performed brilliantly in the Test series against Australia. He got 14 wickets. With this, he has reached number one in the ICC Test rankings. He has left behind James Anderson of England. Ashwin now has 864 rating points. At the same time, Anderson has slipped 5 points behind him in second place with 859 points. Apart from Ashwin, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are included in the top-10.
Already became number-1
The England team was defeated by 1 run in the second Test against New Zealand. With this loss, Anderson slipped to second place. Now India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has secured the first position. He was earlier in the first position in the year 2015. Now he has returned to the first position again. He has a good chance to increase his rating points now, as India have to play the third and fourth Test against Australia.
Jadeja is at number one in the ranking of all-rounders
Ravindra Jadeja took a total of 10 wickets in the second Test against Australia. Due to this, he remains at the first place in the Test all-rounder rankings. Ravichandran Ashwin is at number two here. In the top-10, Joe Root has gained two places in the all-rounder’s ranking. He has reached the eighth position with 234 rating points.