BUMRAH BACK IN TOP-10 IN TESTS

Dubai, Aug. 11: Riding on his fine show in the opening Test against England, India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has returned to the top 10, but skipper Virat Kohli slipped to the fifth position in the latest ICC men’s Test player rankings.

Bumrah has improved 10 slots to grab the ninth place among bowlers after a match haul of nine for 110 in the Nottingham Test.

Kohli, however, slipped a place following his duck in the first innings of the series opener.

He was overtaken by England skipper Joe Root, who grabbed the fourth position in the batters’ list after his Player of the Match performance of 64 and 109 earned him 49 rating points.

Opener Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant were static at the sixth and seventh spots respectively.

India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja progressed three slots to 36th among batters with a first innings half-century and opener K. L. Rahul has re-entered the rankings in 56th position with scores of

84 and 26.

Jadeja also improved a spot to take the second position in Test allrounder ranking list, which also had senior India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin at the fourth spot.

Ashwin continued to stay at the second place in the bowlers list, which was topped by Australia’s Pat Cummins.

Shardul Thakur was also up 19 places to

55th, while James Anderson (up one place to seventh) and Ollie Robinson (up 22 places to 46th) also moved up in the latest men’s weekly rankings. —