Ashwin reclaims spot as world No.1 bowler

Ashwin rises to the top of the Test bowling rankings // Getty

India off spinner scales top to match-winning haul in Antiqua with Yassir Shah inferior Old Trafford test falls
Virat Kohli career best double century against the West Indies has not helped him leap into the top 10 batsmen in the world in the latest update to the International Cricket Council official player rankings. But Joe Root saw double against Pakistan, as he, two spots jump world's second best batsman behind Australia skipper Steve Smith, who was in the crease against Sri Lanka as the ICC update in came
Kane Williamson and Hashim AMLA were the players root rise while Younis Khan's poor in Pakistan tour of England saw him fall four spots to 10, which meant an increase of one point for David Warner, who now skipped seventh start. England captain Alastair Cook runs at Old Trafford helped four places in the top 10 in the ninth break him to rise. But Kohli 200 in Antigua saw him only get two spots to 12th. Ravi Ashwin 7 / 83, which routed the Windies with an innings and 92 run win for India helped him the world's no. 1 ranking reclaim melon from Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah. Shah rose to the top spot after wickets in Pakistan's victory in the Lord but not able to keep that resulted in only a wicket in England's victory on the position after a below par performance at Old Trafford was dominated with 10. James Anderson took four wickets against Pakistan at Old Trafford - add a new flag for the most successful pace bowler in domestic conditions a nearly decade-old brand by Glenn McGrath hit - but point was beaten to first place by a single ranking.
Ashwin won five ranking points for his efforts in Antigua, while Anderson's haul of higher-ranking opponents him seven points earned. Shah fell four spots to five people, bumping until Stuart Broad (3) and Dale Steyn (4) in the process. Australia's Josh Hazlewood left his 3-21 of first innings against Sri Lanka in eighth place, but, will be picked in the next update.

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