Kagiso Rabada has climbed two spots in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers to reach a career-best third place.
The South Africa fast bowler has 876 ranking points, and sits behind James Anderson (896) and Ravindra Jadeja (884). Ravi Ashwin (852) and Rangana Herath (833) have now dropped to fourth and fifth.
Rabada took five wickets in each innings in the second Test against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein, picking up his third 10-wicket match haul in only his 22nd Test. In the process, he picked up his 100th Test wicket and became the fifth-youngest bowler to do so, behind Kapil Dev, Daniel Vettori, Waqar Younis and Harbhajan Singh.
Rabada was not the only South Africa pace bowler to gain in the latest rankings, as his new-ball partner Duanne Olivier (up nine places to a career-best 48th position),Wayne Parnell (up 10 places to 60th) and Andile Phehlukwayo (up 27 places to 93rd) have also moved up the rankings.
Captain Faf du Plessis and Aiden Markram, century-makers at Bloemfontein, are among the batsmen to gain. Du Plessis’s 135 not out has seen him move up two places to 14th position, while Markram has gained a massive 43 slots to reach a career-best 61st position after his knock of 143.
LATEST RATINGS:
Batsmen:
1 ( – ) Steve Smith (Aus) 936 pts, av: 59.66
2 ( – ) Joe Root (Eng) 889 pts, av: 53.76
3 ( – ) Kane Williamson (NZ) 880 pts, av: 51.16
4 ( – ) Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) 876 pts, av: 52.65
5 ( – ) David Warner (Aus) 807 pts, av:47.94
6 ( – ) Virat Kohli (Ind) 806 pts, av: 49.55
7 ( – ) Hashim Amla (SA) 795 pts, av: 49.87
8 (+1) Lokesh Rahul (Ind) 761 pts, av: 46.27
9 (+1) Ajinkya Rahane (Ind) 760 pts, av: 47.61
10 (-2) Azhar Ali (Pak) 755 pts, av: 46.62
14 (+2) Faf du Plessis (SA) 718 pts, av: 46.54
61 (+43) Aiden Markram (SA) 451 pts, av: 85.00
Bowlers
1 ( – ) James Anderson (Eng) 896 pts, av: 27.39
2 ( – ) Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) 884 pts, av: 23.60
3 (+2) Kagiso Rabada (SA) 876 pts, av: 22.71
4 (-1) Ravi Ashwin (Ind) 852 pts, av: 25.26
5 ( – ) Josh Hazlewood (Aus) 794 pts, av: 25.75
7 (+1) Nathan Lyon (Aus) 752 pts, av: 31.83
8 (-1) Dale Steyn (SA) 748 pts, av: 22.30
9 ( – ) Neil Wagner (NZ) 745 pts, av: 28.90
10 (+1) Stuart Broad (Eng) 737 pts, av: 28.81
48 (+9) Duanne Olivier (SA) 353 pts, av: 23.11
60 (+10) Wayne Parnell (SA) 283 pts, av: 27.60
93 (+27) Andile Phehlukwayo (SA) 132 pts, av: 20.50
