Test Rankings: Ashwin holds on to his 2nd spot

TIL Desk Sports/ Three Pakistan players achieved their career-best ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after guiding their side to a 2-0 series win over Zimbabwe. Bowlers Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, and Nauman Ali jumped to a new high, while Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin became the only Indian bowler to feature in the top-10 as per the latest rankings.

Ashwin is the only Indian bowler to feature in the top ten ICC rankings in the Test format and he has held on to his second spot. Jasprit Bumrah has also held on to his 11th position. The rankings were released after the culmination of the second Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test.

Hasan (5-27 in the first innings) moved up six places to 14, while Shaheen (5-52 in the second innings) jumped nine places to 22nd. Spinner Nauman went from 54th to 46th after returning with figures of 5-86 in the second innings of the second Test.