Jasprit Bumrah reaches R Ashwin's rating mark after Brisbane show

Jasprit Bumrah, the India pace bowler who has picked 21 wickets in the first three Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, has attained the joint-highest rating points ever achieved by a Test bowler from his country following his match haul of nine wickets in the third Test at Gabba in Brisbane.

"Bumrah, who finished with a match-haul of nine for 94 with six wickets in first innings, added 14 points to his tally and went up to 904 rating points, which the recently retired Ravichandran Ashwin had reached after the fourth Test against England in Mumbai in December, 2016," said a statement from the International Cricket Council (ICC). 

Bumrah’s 21 wickets in the series so far have helped him increase his lead at the top of the bowling rankings to 48 rating points. South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada (856) and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood (852) are second and third in the list.

Mohammad Siraj has inched up one place to 24th and Travis Head is in the top 100 of the bowlers’ list even as a clutch of batters including Head have made headway in the latest rankings update that considers performances in all matches that ended over the past week.

Head’s knock of 152 in the first innings has helped him overtake India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal to fourth in the list led by Joe Root. Steve Smith is back in the top 10 after scoring 101 in the first innings while Alex Carey’s scores of 70 and 20 not out have lifted him 11 slots to 29th position. India’s KL Rahul has progressed 10 spots to 40th and Ravindra Jadeja nine spots to 42nd.

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