Watch: Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates Jasprit Bumrah’s Test ranking on his Instagram story!
New Delhi: In a recent Instagram post, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has put out a post celebrating Jasprit Bumrah’s latest triumph in the ICC Test Rankings. Bumrah ended the test with 11 wickets in the 2-match test series against Bangladesh. Although Ashwin and Bumrah both clinched 11 wickets with the former notching up a century […]
New Delhi: In a recent Instagram post, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has put out a post celebrating Jasprit Bumrah’s latest triumph in the ICC Test Rankings. Bumrah ended the test with 11 wickets in the 2-match test series against Bangladesh. Although Ashwin and Bumrah both clinched 11 wickets with the former notching up a century as well in the Chennai Test, it was Bumrah who reached the pinnacle of the Test rankings according to the rules.
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The rules of the ICC Test Rankings-
A player is rated on a scale of 0 to 1000 points. If a player’s performance is improving on his past record, his points increase; if his performance is declining his points will go down. The value of each player’s performance within a match is calculated using an algorithm, a series of calculation…There is no human intervention in this calculation process, and no subjective assessment is made. There are slightly difference factors for each of the different formats of the game.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s Instagram post
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Meanwhile, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal who had notched up half-centuries in both 1st and 2nd innings reached a new career-high rating when jumping two places to third on the updated Test batter rankings.
Jaiswal’s new achievement means he is just behind England’s Joe Root and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson in the updated rankings for Test batsmen. King Kohli also saw improvements in his Test rankings as he crawled back inside the top 10 after he gained six places to move to sixth overall following scores of 47 and 29* against Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka’s resurgence!
Sri Lanka’s left-hand all-rounder Kamindu Mendis reached 11th place in the Test Batting ranking. On the other hand, right-arm off-spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya has breached the top 10 rankings to rank in 8th position.
Veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews and wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Chandimal have also seen massive improvements in their Test rankings. The Lankans completed a memorable win over the Kiwis who are set to play