Sports Desk. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest Test rankings on Wednesday. There has been a big upheaval in the rankings of Test bowlers (ICC Rankings) and Indian star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the number 1 bowler. He has defeated South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada.
Bumrah (Jasprit Bumrah) performed brilliantly in the first test played against Australia in Perth, taking 8 wickets. Which has now benefited him in ranking. Jasprit Bumrah overtook South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and reached the first position in the rankings for Test bowlers for the second time in a calendar year. Before the start of the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Bumrah was third in the bowlers’ rankings behind Rabada and Josh Hazlewood.
Bumrah got the benefit of his strong performance in the first test match and he once again reached the top. Rabada, who was leading South Africa’s fast bowling against Sri Lanka, has slipped to second place. Despite taking five wickets in the first Test match against India, Australia’s fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is in third place.
At the same time, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli, who played an unbeaten century in the Perth Test, has also gained nine places and has come to 13th position. Kohli had scored an unbeaten 100 runs in the second innings of the first Test match against Australia. This was his 30th century in the red ball format. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has slipped to 14th place due to poor form. Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja have also lost two and four places respectively.
