Jasprit Bumrah has claimed the No.1 spot as the best fast bowler in the lastest ICC Men’s Test bowler rankings.
Bumrah rises to the top for the first time on the back of his tremendous match figures of 9/91 during his side’s series-equaling 106-run victory over England in the second Test in Vizag, an effort that saw the right-arm pacer become the first quick from India to claim the top Test rankings.
The nine-wicket haul saw Bumrah climb three places on the latest Test rankings for bowlers to claim the top spot from teammate Ravichandran Ashwin.
While Bumrah occupies the top spot, Kagiso Rabada takes the No.2 spot.
Veretan spinner R Ashwin dropped to the third spot with Australian pacers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood completing the top five.
The nine-wicket haul saw Bumrah climb three places on the latest Test rankings for bowlers to claim top spot from teammate Ravichandran Ashwin.
Ashwin, who has held the premier ranking since March last year, managed just three wickets for India in the second Test.
It is the first time Bumrah has held the top ranking, with the 30-year-old having never been previously higher than third despite a total of 10 five-wicket hauls for his country from 34 Test match appearances.
Bumrah is first fast bowler to top the bowling charts, and just the fourth Indian bowler with Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Bishan Bedi, the only players from the country to have done so previously.
