The latest rankings of the International Cricket Council have been released. Indian all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer have made big gains in the rankings released on Wednesday.
While former Indian captain Virat Kohli and veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara have suffered losses. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has joined the top 5 of the bowling rankings. He is at number five after Jasprit Bumrah with 812 points.
Whereas, Shreyas Iyer has reached his career-best ranking. He has moved from the 26th position to the 16th position. He has 666 rating points. He is the fourth Indian batsman in the top 20.
Australian player Pat Cummins is number 1 in the Test Bowling
Talking about the toppers of the Test rankings, the Kangaroos dominate in batting and bowling, while the all-rounders are dominated by Indians. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (936) is the world’s number-1 Test batsman.
While Pat Cummins (880) holds the bowling crown. At the same time, Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (369) is the number-1 all-rounder. Ravichandran Ashwin is following him with 343.
In the India-Bangladesh second Test that ended on 25 December, Ashwin and Iyer shared an unbeaten 71-run partnership for the eighth wicket and won the team. At the same time, Virat Kohli (1) got out early. Team India won that match by 3 wickets. India cleanly sweeps Bangladesh for the fourth time.
Kohli came at number 14 in the batting
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has had to suffer the loss of poor form. He has slipped down 2 places in the batting rankings. He currently has 676 rating points and is at number 14. At the same time, veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara (642) dropped three places to be at number 19.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma (732) is at number nine. Apart from these two, Rishabh Pant got the benefit of three rating points. But remained at number 6. Pant has 797 points.
Ashwin won the team by playing an unbeaten 42 on the crucial occasion of the second Test against Bangladesh. Which benefited them. He was also the player of the match.
Team India registered a hard-fought victory over Bangladesh in the Mirpur Test. He defeated the hosts by 3 wickets. With this victory, India has won the two-match Test series 2-0. He has clean swept Bangladesh for the fourth time at his home. India is at the second position of the points table of the World Test Championship. He has 58.93 marks. Australia ranks first with 76.92% marks.
Match-winning partnership of Ashwin-Shreyas
There was an unbeaten 71-run partnership for the 8th wicket between Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer. After 90 years, India had a 70+ partnership for the 8th wicket in the fourth innings of the Test. Earlier in 1932, there was a partnership of 74 runs between Amar Singh and Lal Singh.