Bumrah’s reign is over with Rabada claiming the highest ranking of Test bowler

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s reign as the No. 1 ranked Test bowler is over as South African quick Kagiso Rabada rises to the top and overtakes the India pacer in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.

Rabada claimed the No. 1 spot on the back of his strong form for the Proteas during the ongoing ICC World Test Championship, with the right-armer taking his 300th Test wicket in South Africa’s recent win over Bangladesh in Mirpur by seven wickets.

The 29-year-old collected nine wickets during that match to play a key role in the Proteas’ victory, moving up three places to leap past Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood and Ravichadran Ashwin in the process of returning to No. 1 rankings for Test bowlers. for the first time since early 2019.

Rabada first held the top rankings in January 2018 and has consistently ranked in the top 10 for most of the time since relinquishing the No. 1 spot in February 2019.

Hazlewood sits second in the rankings for Test bowlers as Bumrah (third) and Ashwin (fourth) lose ground, while Pakistan spinner Noman Ali is a new entry into the top 10 after his heroics in the third and final Test of his team’s recent test. series against England in Rawalpindi.

Noman took nine wickets for the match and was rewarded with a jump of eight places to ninth overall and a new career-high rating on the list for Test bowlers, while fellow spinner and teammate Sajid Khan also achieved the best rating of his career in improving the game. 12 places to 38th after his 10 scalps from the same match.

New Zealand’s hero from their win over India, Mitchell Santner, also earns a new career-high rating for his 13-wicket haul in Pune, with the left-armer rising a whopping 30 rungs to 44th overall at the last list goes. Testing bowlers.

Teammate Rachin Ravindra (up eight places to 10th) is among the big risers in the updated Test batsmen rankings, with England veteran Joe Root remaining well ahead in this category despite a pair of low scores in the third Test against Pakistan .

Root contributed scores of five and 33 during the nine-wicket loss, with Indian youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal the main beneficiary as he gained one place and moved to third on the Test batters list after contributing 30 and 77 against the Black Caps.

Pakistani left-hander Saud Shakeel enters the top 10 for Test batters as he improves 20 places to seventh overall thanks to his innings of 134 against England, while New Zealand trio Devon Conway (up eight places to 28th), Tom Latham (up six rungs to 34th) and Glenn Phillips (up 16 places to 45th) and South Africa’s Kyle Verreynne (up 14 places to 32nd) are also making significant gains.

Indian duo Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin maintain a healthy lead at the top of the Test all-rounders rankings, with Bangladesh star Mehidy Hasan the biggest eye-catcher this week as he gains two places and moves to third after solid contributions with both bat – as a ball against South Africa.

There was not much change near the top of the white-ball rankings this week, although Sri Lanka and West Indies bowlers did make some progress in the ODI rankings following the completion of their series in Kandy.

Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana gained one place and moved to 12th on the list for ODI bowlers, while teammate Wanindu Hasaranga improves two places to 16th and West Indies tweaker Gudakesh Motie moves up nine rungs to 29th.