Australia will first play the final of the World Test Championship from 7-11 June against India, followed by a five-match Ashes series which starts on 16 June.
It has been a close race between England seamer James Anderson, India veteran Ravichandran Ashwin and Australia captain Pat Cummins in recent weeks and there is now a tie at the top after the ICC updated their weekly rankings list on Wednesday.
This year's IPL saw Cummins scalp seven wickets from five games for the Knight Riders, but he also made headlines with the bat by hitting a quickfire 50 against the Mumbai Indians off just 14 deliveries.
Lahore [Pakistan], March 25 (ANI): After winning the Test series against Pakistan by 1-0 in the third and final Test on Friday, Australia captain Pat Cummins expressed happiness and said that the way his side batted in the first inning was fantastic.