NEW DELHI: India are spearheading the pace after their victorious outing against Australia in the first Test in Perth Jasprit Bumrah regained the top spot ICC Test Bowling Rankings on Wednesday, toppling Kagiso Rabada and Josh Hazlewood.
India defeated Australia by 295 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five matches Border Gavaskar Trophy As stand-in captain, Bumrah returned with an outstanding season of 8/72.
Border Gavaskar Trophy
Before the Perth Test, Bumrah was ranked third. He currently has a career-high 883 ranking points, surpassing both Australia's Hazlewood (860 points) and South Africa's Rabada (872 points).
India pacer Mohammed Siraj also made progress, climbing three places to 25th after taking five wickets against the Australians.
With a brilliant 161, Yashasvi Jaiswal jumped to second place in the batters rating with a career-high 825 points, trailing only England's Joe Root (903 points).
Star batsman after his 30th Test century Virat Kohli improved nine places to 13th place, continuing its upward trend.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jasprit Bumrah stole the show in India's win in Perth
With 736 points, India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh pants retained his sixth place.
Although they didn't play against Australia in the Perth Test, the Indian duo was of Ravindra Jadeja And Ravichandran Ashwin continued to top the list of Test all-rounders.
