Indian National Cricket Team pacer Jasprit Bumrah has achieved a great feat in the history of test cricket for his team. The premier pacer now holds the highest rating by an Indian player in the Test rankings, equaling Ravichandran Ashwin with 904 rating points.
Jasprit Bumrah extended his lead in the ICC rankings for bowlers. The fast bowler earned 14 rating points after his heroics with the ball in the third Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The match took place at the Gabba in Brisbane and saw India struggle hard to register the toss.
Jasprit Bumrah earns 904 rating points after spectacular show in Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Jasprit Bumrah was again India’s star with the ball as he picked a six-fer in the first innings and bagged three scalps in the second. The premier pacer returned with figures of 9/94 and increased his wicket haul in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Jasprit Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker in the series against the Australian National Cricket Team. The fast bowler has taken 21 wickets in three games so far and with two more to go in the series, he is expected to score more and surpass Ravichandran Ashwin’s rating score of 904.
With a rating of 904, Jasprit Bumrah tops the list as the joint-highest rating achieved by an Indian Test bowler alongside retired Ravichandran Ashwin, who achieved the feat in December 2016. ahead of South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood in the red ball and ICC Test rankings.
Travis Head climbs to No. 4, Steve Smith enters Top 10
In terms of ICC Test rankings for batters, Travis Head has moved to No.4, after his stunning century at the Gabba. He played an amazing knock of 152 runs. Steve Smith, who scored a ton, is back in the top 10, while KL Rahul moved up to 40th after 84.
Australian National Cricket Team captain Pat Cummins has broken into the top 10 in the ICC rankings for Test all-rounders after his four wickets and 42 runs with the ball in the third Test against India. Travis Head also moved up nine places in the ranking to 29th place.
Heinrich Klaasen also made a significant gain in the ICC ODI ranking for batsmen.
South African National Cricket Team batsman Heinrich Klaasen also made a significant gain in the ICC ODI rankings for batting. He moved from 13th to fifth after his three-and-a-half centuries in the series. Pakistan’s Saim Ayub, who scored two centuries, climbed from 70th to 23rd place after scoring 603 points.
Afghanistan National Cricket Team fast bowler Azmatullah Omarzai climbed 43 places to 58th in the ODI Bowling Rankings after taking six wickets in the second game against Zimbabwe. The all-rounder also moved up five places to third in the all-rounder category.
