Kagiso Rabada overtakes Jasprit Bumrah to become World No. 1 bowler in Tests

South Africas rightarm seamer Kagiso Rabada overtook star India bowler Jasprit Bumrah and rose in the latest ICC Test Rankings to become the number one Test bowler in the longest format of the gameRabada claimed the No1 spot on the back of strong form for the Proteas during the ongoing ICC World Test Championship with the rightarm fast bowler taking his 300th Test wicket during South Africas recent sevenwicket triumph over Bangladesh in Mirpur in the first Test of the twomatch seriesThe 29yearold collected nine wickets during that contest to play a major role in the Proteas victory and rose three places to jump past Bumrah Josh Hazlewood and Ravichandran Ashwin in the process to return to the No1 ranking for Test bowlers for the first time since the start of 2019Rabada first held the premier ranking in January 2018 and has been consistently sitting inside the top 10 for the bulk of the time since he relinquished the No1 spot in February 2019Hazlewood is at the second position in the ICC Test Rankings among bowlers as Bumrah third and Ashwin fourth lose ground while Pakistan spinner Noman Ali is a new member inside the top 10 after his heroics in the third and final Test of his sides recent series win against England in RawalpindiNoman took nine wickets for the match and was rewarded with an eightspot jump to ninth overall and a new careerhigh rating on the list for Test bowlers while fellow spinner and teammate Sajid Khan also earned the best rating of his career in improving 12 spots to 38th following his 10 scalps from the same contestNew Zealands hero from their seriesclinching victory over India Mitchell Santner also earned a new careerhigh rating for his 13wicket haul in Pune with the leftarm spinner rising a whopping 30 rungs to move to 44th overall on the latest list for Test bowlersRachin Ravindra up eight spots to 10th is among the big movers on the updated rankings for Test batters with England veteran Joe Root remaining well out in front of this category despite a pair of low scores in the third Test against PakistanAlso ReadHarbhajan Singhs predictions ring true after Gary Kirstens resignationJoe Root contributed scores of five and 33 during the ninewicket loss with India youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal the main beneficiary as he gained one place to move to third on the list for Test batters following contributions of 30 and 77 against the Black CapsPakistan lefthander Saud Shakeel entered the top 10 for Test batters as he improves 20 spots to move to seventh overall on the back of his innings of 134 against England while New Zealand trio Devon Conway up eight places to 28th Tom Latham up six rungs to 34th and Glenn Phillips up 16 spots to 45th and South Africas Kyle Verreynne up 14 places to 32nd also make significant gainsIndia duo Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin maintain a healthy lead at the top of the rankings for Test allrounders with Bangladesh star Mehidy Hasan the biggest eyecatcher this week as he gains two places to move to third following solid contributions with both bat and ball against South AfricaWith agency inputs