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ICC Test Ranking: Anderson’s reign ended in 7 days, Ashwin became number one bowler of Test

Even though India’s condition is not good in Indore Test. But somewhere a big news has come for India’s experienced off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin today. Actually, R Ashwin has become the number one bowler in the ICC Test rankings by leaving England fast bowler James Anderson. However, before that he had remained in second place. At present, Anderson has slipped to second place after England’s defeat. In 2015, Ashwin became the number one bowler for the first time. Ashwin has reached number one position many times. Ashwin has 864 rating points, five more than Anderson. Jadeja, who took 10 wickets in the second Test against Australia, has also moved up to eighth in the bowling rankings. Jadeja and Ashwin occupy the first two positions in the Test all-rounder rankings.
 

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Ashwin dismissed Alex Carey without opening the account after dismissing Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the same over in the first innings during India’s win in Delhi. The off-spinner took three of the top five wickets in the second innings while his spin partner Ravindra Jadeja dismissed the rest of Australia’s batsmen at the other end. Ashwin will have a chance to stay at the top for a long time by doing better in the remaining two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on home soil. Ashwin is the third bowler in the last three weeks to reach the top of the Test rankings. Last time around, Anderson had overtaken Australia captain Pat Cummins to take the top spot. Cummins is ranked third in the latest rankings. in
 

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England’s Joe Root has moved up two places to eighth in the all-rounders’ list. Returning to form in Wellington, Root has moved past Travis Head and Babar Azam to reach the third spot in the ICC Test batting rankings. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith occupy the first two spots in the Test batting rankings. New Zealand’s Tom Blundell has made it to the top 10. He has reached the seventh position with the gain of four places. His fine innings saw New Zealand beat England by one run in a thrilling encounter after following on. England’s young batsman Harry Brook has gained 15 places to join Virat Kohli in 16th place with another century.

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