The ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah has achieved a massive feat in the history of Test Cricket for the Indian team. He has reached a milestone of joint highest rating by an Indian bowler in Test rankings, equalling Ashwin’s 904 rating points.
Spearhead who already tops the rankings list for bowlers, further consolidated his position at the top by adding 14 points to his tally taking it to a 904 rating and have 48 clear of second-placed Kagiso Rabada (856).
The only other Indian bowler to achieve this tally is recently retired Ashwin who got there after the fourth test against England in Mumbai in December 2016.
India’s pace spearhead equals a massive feat after his incredible performance in the third #AUSvIND Test 👏
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Bumrah is currently highest wicket-taker in the five match Border Gavaskar series with 21 in six innings at 10.90 til now has a chance to break Ashwin’s record when the two teams meet in Melbourne for the Boxing Day test with the series locked 1-1.
Meanwhile Travis Head‘s 152 runs in the first innings of the Brisbane Test on the back of the century in Adelaide has seen him overtake Yashasvi Jaiswal and move to fourth on the batters’ list which is led by Joe Root.
Steven Smith also made his way into the top ten of the charts after his 101 in Brisbane, entering at the tenth position while Rishabh Pant has moved out of the top ten.
Meanwhile Klaasen who hit back to back fifties against Pakistan have seen him rise eight spots from 13th to fifth on the batting table. Saim Ayub with scores of 109, 25 and 101 against where Pakistan sweep 3-0 advanced 57 slots to a career best 23rd position.
Babar Azam continue to lead the ODI batting list, with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in second and third place respectively.
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