R Ashwin gets the No. 1 ICC Ranking in bowling. Virat gets up in batting India’s incentive Ravichandran Ashwin surpasses James Anderson in the ICC rankings for the top bowler’s position. Ashwin bagged a total of 25 wickets in the Border- Gavaskar Trophy. He sits at the top with 869 standing points while Anderson is second, 10 standing points behind the Indian off-spinner.
Virat Kohli also made big earnings in the Test rankings for batters, jumping a total of seven places to find himself at the 13th spot on the charts. Ashwin has been an ever-harmonious player for India in test justice. Kohli ended his 1205-day failure without a Test ton to reach the triple-number score in the drawn Ahmedabad Test against Australia. He scored 186 runs in the first innings but missed out on a double- a hundred. Kohli is near teammates Rishabh Pant(ninth), and Rohit Sharma(10th) as the only Indian batters ahead of him on the Test batsman rankings.
Axar Patel also had a memorable series, especially with the club, as he moved up eight places to 44th on the list for batters. He has gained one place to find himself at the fourth spot overall on the list for all-rounder following and adding up a whopping 264 runs over the 4 matches. R Ashwin and Jadeja were the top lyricists for India in the series. With the former taking 25 wickets and the ultimate 22. For some reason, Jadeja fell a spot from 8th to 9th in the Test bowlers’ ICC rankings. There were elevations for Australian cricketers too in the bottommost rankings update. Nature Usman Khawaja of Australia grew two places to climb up to the 7th spot on the Test fur rankings coming series-high 333 runs. All-rounder Cameron Green, who only featured in the Ahmedabad Test, jumped a total of 11 places to be placed 26th.
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