ICC Test Rankings: Ashwin tops among bowlers, Virat gains seven places, Rohit also in top 10

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In the latest ICC rankings, Ashwin has further strengthened his position at number one. Whereas, Virat Kohli has gained seven places. 

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The players who performed brilliantly in the Test series between India and Australia have also benefited in the ICC rankings. India's veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has further strengthened his position as the number one bowler. He was earlier tied for the top spot with James Anderson, but has single-handedly held the spot, leaving Anderson behind. 

Took 25 wickets at an average of 28 and also became the player of the tournament along with Ravindra Jadeja. At the same time, Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 186 runs in the last match of the series. He too has gained seven places to reach 13th position in the batsmen's rankings. 

Ended 1205 days long drought and played a brilliant innings. Took Team India to a better position. India's Rishabh Pant remains at ninth and Rohit Sharma at 10th position in the batsmen's rankings. 

Axar Patel, who has been impressive with the bat in the same series, has gained eight places in the batting rankings to reach 44th position. At the same time, he has moved up one place to fourth in the all-rounder rankings. He scored 264 runs in four matches of the series against Australia. Meanwhile, Australia's Usman Khawaja has improved two places to seventh in the Test batsmen's rankings and all-rounder Cameron Green has jumped 11 places to reach 26th in the batsmen's list. Travis Head retained his fifth position in the rankings for Test batsmen with 853 rating points.

Following the completion of the first match of Sri Lanka's series in New Zealand and South Africa's home series against the West Indies, there have been several other changes in the list of Test batsmen. New Zealand captain Tim Southee has gained six places to reach 12th position in the Test bowlers' list after taking seven wickets in the match against Sri Lanka in Christchurch, while Daryl Mitchell has gained four places in the rankings for Test batsmen after scoring 102. With the improvement of has reached the eighth position. 

New South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has moved up 14 places to 15th in the list for Test batsmen after whitewashing the West Indies and Aiden Markram has improved 11 places to 22nd. West Indies' Kyle Mayer has jumped 10 places to reach 32nd position among bowlers and seventh position among all-rounders. 

The players who did wonders in the series between Bangladesh and England have also gained in the rankings. Bangladesh won this series 3-0. Left-handed batsman Nazmul Hasan has made an overall jump of 68 places to reach 16th position in the T20I batsmen's list, while veteran batsman Liton Das has improved nine places to reach 22nd position. ,

Left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has gained 16 places to reach 20th position in the T20I rankings for bowlers, while Shakib Al Hasan has improved nine places to reach 24th position in the same list.