Jasprit Bumrah becomes first Indian pace bowler to top ICC's rankings after his excellent nine-wicket haul in second Test win over England
Daily MailJasprit Bumrah has become the first Indian pace bowler to top the Test rankings following his man-of-the-match display against England in Visakhapatnam. Bumrah's nine for 91 propelled him to No 1 in the ICC's bowling charts - a position only previously occupied amongst his compatriots by spin trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Bishan Singh Bedi. Lancashire left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, meanwhile, surged in both batting and bowling rankings after becoming only the second England player after Wally Hammond to score at least 50 runs and take five wickets in each of his first two Tests. Jasprit Bumrah has become the first Indian fast bowler to top the ICC bowling rankings England captain Ben Stokes was one of Bumrah's victims when bowled on the second day England spinner Tom Hartley continued his impressive start to Test life with both bat and ball Another England all-time great in Jimmy Anderson climbed a place to number seven in the bowling rankings, on the back of figures of 35-5-76-5 in Vizag, while teenage Leicestershire leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed's six for 153 has pushed him up to 70th.