Bumrah eclipses Ashwin's rating-point record in latest ICC rankings

Dubai: Jasprit Bumrah’s scintillating performance in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia has elevated him to the highest rating points ever achieved by an Indian bowler in Test cricket as he consolidated his lead as the No. 1 bowler in the recent rankings update.

With rating points of 907, Bumrah moved past Ravichandran Ashwin’s 904 rating points, achieved in December 2016, and makes him the highest-ever ranked Indian Test bowler in ICC rankings history.

The 907 points placed the pacer as joint-17th in the all-time list – with Derek Underwood of England.

Australian skipper Pat Cummins also benefitted from his Boxing Day heroics and jumped 15 rating points and went up by a place to sit at No. 3 in the bowling rankings.

Cummins also secures a third place in the Test All-Rounder Rankings, on the back of the above bowling exploits and 90 crucial runs during Australia’s stellar win in Melbourne. IANS

All Time top Test bowlers (ICC Rankings)

Rating                        Name                                           Career Best Rating

1   932      Sydney Barnes         ENG         932 v South Africa, 18/02/1914

2   931      George Lohmann    ENG         931 v South Africa, 06/03/1896

3   922      Imran Khan               PAK          922 v India, 03/02/1983

4   920      Muttiah Muralidaran SL             920 v Bangladesh, 15/07/2007

5   914      Glenn McGrath         AUS          914 v England, 27/08/2001

5   914      Pat Cummins            AUS          914 v England, 18/08/2019

7   912      Curtly Ambrose         WI             912 v England, 29/03/1994

7   912      Tony Lock                  ENG         912 v New Zealand, 28/07/1958

7   912      Vernon Philander     SA             912 v India, 22/12/2013

10  911     Ian Botham               ENG         911 v India, 19/02/1980

11  910     Malcolm Marshall     WI             910 v England, 04/07/1988

12  909     Richard Hadlee        NZ             909 v Australia, 04/12/1985

12  909     Shaun Pollock          SA             909 v England, 29/11/1999

12  909     Dale Steyn                SA             909 v West Indies, 21/12/2014

12  909     Waqar Younis          PAK          909 v Zimbabwe, 13/12/1993

16  908     Alan Davidson          AUS          908 v West Indies, 17/01/1961

17  907     Derek Underwood   ENG         907 v New Zealand, 09/03/1971

17  907     Jasprit Bumrah       IND           907 v Australia, 30/12/2024

19  905     Shane Warne           AUS          905 v England, 28/12/1994

20  904     R Ashwin                                     IND           904 v England, 12/12/2016

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