27 August,2019 04:32 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Jasprit Bumrah reacts after a close call
India's two main match-winners are also ranking highly in the ICC rankings with Virat Kohli maintaining a slender lead at the top of the ICC Test batsman list ahead of Steve Smith, while India's lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah broke into the top 10 after his highly skilled 5 wickets for 7 runs in the first Test of the series against the West Indies.
The biggest gainer, however, was all-rounder Ben Stokes, following his stupendous effort in the third Test against Australia at Headingley. It has helped him reach career-best positions among batsmen and all-rounders. He is now 13th among batsmen and second among all-rounders in the latest ICC Test rankings.
The top-ranked Virat Kohli has 910 points while Steve Smith on the back two centuries and a fifty in the first two Tests against England in the Ashes, with 904, is placed second. Kane Williamson and Cheteshwar Pujara are distant third and fourth respectively.
Indian Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, with scores of 81 and 102 in the first Test against the West Indies, jumped 10 places to be 11th in the list.
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Jasprit Bumrah, the fastest Indian pacer to 50 wickets, is now seventh in the bowlers' list after a leap of nine places owing to his five-wicket haul against the West Indies.
With inputs from PTI
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