Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and middle-order maestro Ajinkya Rahane received massive gains in the latest ICC Test Rankings after their respective performances in the recently-concluded Antigua Test against West Indies. Rahane starred with the bat in both innings while Bumrah ended the second essay with a stunning five-wicket haul to power India to a 318-run win in the first Test of the two-match series.
Rahane, who got scores of 81 and 102 in a player of the match effort, moved from 21st to 11th position in the list for batsmen led by captain Virat Kohli and with another compatriot Cheteshwar Pujara occupying fourth position.
Bumrah entered the top 10 for the first time after taking six wickets, including an astonishing five for seven in the second innings. His previous best was 15th position in January this year. Mohammad Shami (up two places to 19th) and Ishant Sharma (up four places to 21st) have also gained after the Antigua Test.
For West Indies, Kemar Roach’s haul of five wickets has helped him move from 11th to eighth position among bowlers while Roston Chase has gone up from 45th to 38th. Holder has moved from 37th to 34th among batsmen.
All-rounder Ben Stokes’s stupendous effort in the third Test against Australia at Headingley has helped him reach career-best positions among batsmen and all-rounders. Stokes, who scored a match-winning 135 not out in the second innings to guide the team to an epic series-levelling one-wicket win and also took four important wickets, has advanced 13 slots to a career-best 13th place in the batting rankings.
