Career best ranking for Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Nov.21 (CRICKETNMORE) - India’s bowlers, pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has gained eight places to reach a career-best 29th position and Mohammed Shami has moved up one slot to 18th position in the latest ICC Test ranking for bowlers.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who started the Sri Lanka series with the opportunity to reclaim the top bowling and all-rounder rankings, could not work towards the objective in Kolkata as all Sri Lanka batsmen fell to pace bowlers. Jadeja has slipped to third position among bowlers and also lost 20 points in the rankings for all-rounders, but still has a lot to look forward to in the remaining matches.

Dilruwan Perera has moved up three places to reach 22nd position among bowlers.

Australia also boast Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon in sixth and seventh positions, respectively, among bowlers, while Mitchell Starc is in 13th position and would be looking to find his way into the top 10 in upcoming Ashes 2017-18 starting from 23rd November.

England’s bowling is led by top-ranked James Anderson, who enjoys a 20-point lead over South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada. He is presently on 896 points and in with a chance to become only the seventh England bowler to touch the 900-point mark. Stuart Broad is ranked 10th.

Bowlers (top 20)

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Rank    (+/-)      Player               Team     Pts      

   1       ( - )       J. Anderson      Eng      896

   2       (+1)      Kagiso Rabada SA        876

   3       (-1)       R. Jadeja          Ind        868      

   4       ( - )       R. Ashwin         Ind        840       

   5       ( - )       R. Herath          SL        820       

   6       ( - )       J. Hazlewood    Aus      794       

   7       ( - )       Nathan Lyon      Aus      752

   8       ( - )       Dale Steyn        SA        748       

   9       ( - )       Neil Wagner      NZ        745       

  10       ( - )       Stuart Broad     Eng      737      

  11       ( - )       V. Philander      SA        736       

  12       ( - )       Trent Boult        NZ        732       

  13       ( - )       Mitchell Starc    Aus      727       

  14       ( - )       Morne Morkel    SA        722       

  15       ( - )       Yasir Shah        Pak      704       

  16       ( - )       Tim Southee      NZ        687       

  17       ( - )       S. Al Hasan       Ban      668     

  18       (+1)      M. Shami          Ind        647

  19       (-1)       K. Maharaj        SA        638

  20       ( - )       S. Gabriel         Win       610

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