Indian off-spinner R Ashwin has retained his second position in the list of bowlers and all-rounders in the Test rankings released by the ICC on Wednesday. Ravindra Jadeja remains in third place in the list of Test all-rounders (ICC Test Rankings). Rohit Sharma and captain Virat Kohli have also retained the fifth and seventh positions respectively in the batsmen's list. Rohit has 797 and Kohli has 756 points. Recently, Australia defeated England in the third match of the Ashes series. Fast bowler James Anderson has moved up three places to number five.
In the list of batsmen, Australia's Marnus Labuschagne (915 points) is at the top. England captain Joe Root (900) is in second place, while New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (879) has removed Steve Smith (877) from third place. Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Virat Kohli, Dimuth Karunaratne, Babar Azam, and Travis Head are included in the top-10. R Ashwin is the only Indian bowler in the top-10 in Test rankings. He remains in second place with 883 rating points.
Pat Cummins No.1 Bowler
Australia's Test captain Pat Cummins is at the top, while Pakistan's left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is in third place. They are followed by Tim Southee and James Anderson. Anderson took 4 wickets in the second innings of the third Test. Scott Boland, who made his Melbourne Test debut for Australia, took 6 for 7 in England's second innings, based on which he scored 271 rating points and made 74th place.
Jason Holder tops the list of all-rounders. He is followed by R Ashwin, Jadeja, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Starc, and Ben Stokes. Starc has got the advantage. India is at the top of the Test team rankings with 124 points. New Zealand is second, Australia third, and England fourth.
