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As the top Test bowler, R Ashwin replaces Jasprit Bumrah, and Yashasvi Jaiswal just misses Don Bradman’s record.

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India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who grabbed nine wickets in his 100th Test match, regained his position atop the ICC Test Bowling Rankings. In the fifth and final Test match between India and England at Dharamsala, Ashwin scored 4/51 and 5/77 to help his team win handily by an innings and 64 runs. Additionally, India’s 4-1 victory over England’s Bazballers

Ashwin began his sixth consecutive spell at the top of the rankings after unseating colleague Jasprit Bumrah. His first peak position came in December 2015. With 26 scalps, Ashwin also emerged as the series’ top wicket-taker during the five-match duration.

The match’s MVP After taking seven wickets in the match, Kuldeep Yadav—who became the fastest Indian in terms of balls bowled to achieve 50 Test wickets—rose 15 spots to a career-high 16th rank.

Player of the Series Yashasvi Jaiswal has moved up two spots to eighth after scoring a half-century, while India skipper Rohit Sharma has moved up five spots to sixth and Shubman Gill has gone up eleven places to a career-best 20th.

After nine Tests, Jaiswal has amassed 740 rating points; just two hitters have amassed more in the same number of Tests: Australians Don Bradman (752) and Mike Hussey (741).

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After nine Tests, Jaiswal has amassed 740 rating points; just two hitters have amassed more in the same number of Tests: Australians Don Bradman (752) and Mike Hussey (741).In the batting rankings, spinner Shoaib Bashir has risen 11 spots to the 71st spot, while England players Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow have each moved up a spot.

With a 2-0 series victory against New Zealand in Christchurch, Australia moved up to second place in the WTC standings, trailing only India. Alex Carey, who made a match-winning 98 not out, moved up from 50th to 38th.

Josh Hazlewood, a fast bowler, carried on with his excellent form, taking six wickets in the game, including a five-for. With 35 wickets at 15.31 for the season, he moved up to second place after Ashwin.

Josh Hazlewood, a fast bowler, carried on with his excellent form, taking six wickets in the game, including a five-for. With 35 wickets at 15.31 for the season, he moved up to second place after Ashwin.

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