Australia batter Marnus Labushagne's reign at the helm of ICC Test rankings came to an end with England's Joe Rot sealing his place at the top after the first Ashes 2023 Test match
Ashwin finished as India's leading wicket-taker and overall third-highest wicket-taker behind South Africa's Kagiso Rabada (67 wickets) and Australian spinner Nathan Lyon (88 wickets) in WTC 2021-23 cycle. He took 61 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 19.67 and an economy rate of 2.48. H
Kane Williamson is close to reclaiming the number-one spot in the ICC Test rankings. He has moved up four slots to take the second position in the list led by Australia's Marnus Labuschagne
ICC rankings saw a major shift after the recent Test series came to an end. Ravichandran Ashwin reclaimed the first spot while Virat Kohli moved up to the 13th position. Kohli broke a 1205-day drought of century. Rishabh Pant (ninth) and Rohit Sharma (10th) as India players are ahead of hi
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.
Ashwin claims the top spot among bowlers after taking six wickets in his most recent performance, in India's emphatic victory over Australia in the second Test, with Anderson dropping to second place after England's stunning loss to New Zealand in the Wellington Test.
Shastri spoke in awe of Anderson when discussing the recent big change to the ICC Men's Test Rankings on the latest episode of The ICC Review, as the England seamer climbed to the top of the tree for Test bowlers for the sixth time in his career.
The left-arm bowler is the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar series with 17 wickets from the two Tests and has galloped to the ninth spot in the bowler rankings
The spin twins haunted Australia in the first Test between the two leading nations in the current cycle of the ICC World Test Championship with a combined 15 wickets as India won by an innings 132 runs
Australia, the No.1 side in the ICC Men's Test Rankings as well as the ICC Test Championship 2023, are gearing up perhaps for their toughest challenge in the ongoing cycle yet - the four-match Test series in India.