Jasprit Bumrah surpasses Ashwin’s all-time record to reach new high in ICC Test rankings | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: The new year brings a silver lining for fiery pacer Jasprit Bumrah Border Gavaskar Trophy Gloom. He achieved the highest ever rating score for an Indian bowler, cementing his position at the top of the ICC men’s ranks Try the bowling rankings after an extraordinary nine-wicket win in the fourth Test in Melbourne.
With 907 rating points, Bumrah surpassed his previous best of 904, which he shared with Ravichandran Ashwin. He now shares 17th place on the all-time list with England’s former spinner Derek Underwood.

The ICC has also picked India’s pace spearhead for both the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy and the shortlist Test cricketer of the year forgive.
England bowlers Sydney Barnes (932) and George Lohmann (931) from over a century ago top the all-time rankings, followed by Imran Khan (922) and Muttiah Muralitharan (920) in third and fourth place.
Australian captain Pat Cummins, who shares fifth place with Glenn McGrath with 914 points, has improved his position in the latest rankings released on Wednesday following their win against India in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

The first update of 2025, which takes into account South Africa’s performances against Pakistan in Centurion and Zimbabwe against Afghanistan in Bulawayo, shows Cummins reaching his career-best third place as an all-rounder, up from his previous best of fifth Place improved in August 2019.
Cummins’ batting performances of 49 and 41 have placed him 97th among batsmen, while his bowling figures maintain his third position with 837 rating points.
Lanky Proteas paceman Marco Jansen has reached fifth place after taking six wickets for 52 runs while Mohammad Abbas has returned in 23rd place. Other notable advances include Naseem Shah, Dane Paterson, Scott Boland and Brian Bennett in the bowling rankings.
In the batting rankings, Saud Shakeel reached sixth place with 84 points. Steve Smith moved up to seventh place with 140 points Yashaswi Jaiswal reached fourth place with 854 rating points.

Aiden Markram’s outstanding performance took him to 16th place while Nitish Kumar Reddy moved to 53rd place. Sean Williams reached 19th place with 653 points, setting a new benchmark for Zimbabwe since 2014.
Afghanistan’s Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi achieved their country’s highest individual scores, moving to 52nd and 57th respectively.