Ravichandran Ashwin Regains No.1 Spot in Test Rankings Wednesday Oct 12,2016

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday Oct 12,2016 reclaimed the number one spot in Test rankings for bowlers following a career-best match haul of 13 for 140 in the third Test against New Zealand in Indore. 

Ravichandran Ashwin, who was named man of the series after he finished with 27 wickets in a 3-0 sweep by India, now has 220 wickets, the most by any bowler after 39 Tests. 

Ranked third before the final Test in Indore Oct 08-11,2016, Ravichandran Ashwin, who also holds the top position in rankings for all-rounders, has leapfrogged pace bowlers James Anderson and Dale Steyn to attain a career-best rating of 900 points.
Rank     (+/-)       Player                 Team     Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
   1         (+2)       R. Ashwin            Ind         900!      24.29     900 v NZ at Indore 2016
   2         (-1)        Dale Steyn           SA         878       22.24     909 v WI at Centurion 2014
   3         (-1)        James Anderson  Eng        870       28.28     884 v SL at Durham 2016
   4         ( - )        Stuart Broad        Eng        836       28.52     880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
   5         ( - )        Rangana Herath   SL          831       28.71     851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 

Ravichandran Ashwin, who finished the 2015 year-end rankings as the number-one bowler and was also at the top briefly in July this year, has joined a select band to have touched a rating of 900 points since 2000, the others being Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn and Shaun Pollock

MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 12 October after the India-New Zealand series)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                Team      Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
   1         ( - )        Steve Smith         Aus        906       58.55     936 v Eng at Lord's 2015
   2         ( - )        Joe Root              Eng        878       54.86     917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
   3         (+1)       Hashim Amla       SA         847       51.16     907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
   4         (+1)       Younus Khan       Pak        845       53.72     880 v SL at Lahore 2009
   5         (-2)        Kane Williamson  NZ         841       50.31     893 v Aus at Perth 2015
   6         (+5)       Ajinkya Rahane   Ind         825!      51.37     825 v NZ at Indore 2016
   7=       (-1)        Adam Voges        Aus        802*     72.75      824 v SL at Galle 2016
              (-1)        AB de Villiers     SA         802       50.46     935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
   9         (-1)        David Warner      Aus        772       48.63     880 v NZ at Perth 2015
  10        (-1)        Alastair Cook      Eng        770       47.31     874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012 

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
11          (-1)        Misbah-ul-Haq     Pak        764       48.27     842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
13          ( - )        Asad Shafiq         Pak        739       42.85     758 v Eng at Lord's 2016
14          (+1)       C. Pujara              Ind         731       49.22     851 v SA at Durban 2013
16          (+4)       Virat Kohli           Ind         718       45.56     784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
17          (-1)        Azhar Ali             Pak        692       43.27     753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
19          ( - )        Sarfraz Ahmed    Pak        678       43.79     715 v SL at Galle 2015
20          (-4)        Ross Taylor         NZ         675       46.24     871 v WI at Hamilton 2013

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                 Team     Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
   1         (+2)       R. Ashwin            Ind         900!      24.29     900 v NZ at Indore 2016
   2         (-1)        Dale Steyn           SA         878       22.24     909 v WI at Centurion 2014
   3         (-1)        James Anderson  Eng        870       28.28     884 v SL at Durham 2016
   4         ( - )        Stuart Broad        Eng        836       28.52     880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
   5         ( - )        Rangana Herath   SL          831       28.71     851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
   6         (+1)       Yasir Shah           Pak        806*     27.48      878 v Eng at Lord's 2016
   7         (-1)        Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         805*     23.52     809 v NZ at Kolkata 2016
   8         ( - )        Mitchell Starc     Aus        792!      27.36     792 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2016
   9         (+1)       Neil Wagner        NZ         731*     29.63     760 v SA at Centurion 2016
  10        (+1)       V. Philander        SA         723       22.09     912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                Team      Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
11=       (-2)        Trent Boult          NZ         715       29.56     825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
23         (+1)       Kemar Roach       WI         551       30.23     774 v SA at Centurion 2014
24         (-1)        M. Shami             Ind         547*     33.72     570 v NZ at Kolkata 2016
28         (-2)        B. Kumar             Ind         496*     28.04     501 v NZ at Kolkata 2016
29         ( - )        Wahab Riaz         Pak        490*!    34.50    490 v Eng at The Oval 2016

All-rounders (top five)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts          Highest Rating
   1       ( - )       R. Ashwin                 Ind       451!      451 v NZ at Indore 2016
   2       ( - )       S. Al Hasan              Ban      384        419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
   3=     (+1)      R. Jadeja                  Ind       292*/*!  292 v NZ at Indore 2016
            ( - )       Moeen Ali                Eng      292 /*!   292 v Pak at The Oval 2016
   5       ( - )       Mitchell Starc           Aus      279!      279 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2016