Ashwin-Jadeja holds top 2 position in latest ICC Test Bowler Rankings

Feb. 14 (CRICKETNMORE) - No changes in the top five ain ICC Test Bowlers rankings following the conclusion of the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Monday. India's Ravichandran Ashwin and his number-two ranked team-mate Ravindra Jadeja both bagged six wickets apiece in their side’s 208-run victory, and are now separated by 10 points.

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood is ranked third, 27 points behind Ashwin who won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year award in 2016.

Bowlers making some progress following the Hyderabad Test are Umesh Yadav in 34th (up by two places), Taijul Islam in 36th (up by two places) and Taskin Ahmed in 106th (up by 10 places), while those moving in the opposite direction are Shakib Al Hasan in 15th (down by one place), Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 35th (down by one place), Mehedi Hasan in 40th (down by five places) and Kamrul Islam Rabbi in 89th (down by nine places).

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Bowlers (top 20) 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                  Team     Points   Avge      Highest Rating

   1         ( - )         R. Ashwin             Ind         887        25.04    904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016

   2         ( - )         Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         877        24.10    879 v Eng at Chennai 2016

   3         ( - )         Josh Hazlewood  Aus        860!      24.78    860 v Pak at Sydney 2017

   4         ( - )         Rangana Herath  SL          827        28.31    867 v Zim at Harare 2016

   5         ( - )         Kagiso Rabada    SA          821*!     21.76    821 v SL at Johannesburg 2017

   6         ( - )         Dale Steyn           SA          819        22.30    909 v WI at Centurion 2014

   7         ( - )         James Anderson  Eng        810        28.50    884 v SL at Durham 2016

   8         ( - )         Stuart Broad         Eng        803        28.54    880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016

   9         ( - )         Vernon Philander SA          798        21.40    912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

  10        ( - )         Mitchell Starc       Aus        770        28.29    805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016

  11        ( - )         Neil Wagner         NZ          757        28.58    760 v SA at Centurion 2016

  12        ( - )         Trent Boult           NZ          730        29.00    825 v Eng at Lord's 2015

  13        ( - )         Tim Southee        NZ          714        31.45    799 v WI at Jamaica 2014

  14        (+1)        Morne Morkel       SA          668        29.33    776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011

  15        (-1)         Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        658        32.66    700 v Zim at Khulna 2014

  16        ( - )         Dilruwan Perera   SL          652*      27.85    674 v Zim at Harare 2016

  17        ( - )         Yasir Shah           Pak        649        31.51    878 v Eng at Lord's 2016

  18        ( - )         Nathan Lyon        Aus        606        34.07    696 v NZ at Wellington 2016

  19        (+1)        Wahab Riaz         Pak        579*!     34.01    579 v Aus at Sydney 2017

  20=      (-1)         M. Shami              Ind         577*      32.60    595 v Eng at Mohali 2016

              (+1)        Peter Siddle         Aus        577        29.92    816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013

With Inputs from latest Rankings released by ICC-Cricket