Oct.11 (CRICKETNMORE) - South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada has gained two slots to reach a career-best third position among bowlers in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings after his player of the match performance against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein which helped complete a 2-0 win in the two-Test series.
Rabada grabbed five wickets in each innings for an enviable match haul of 10 for 63 that helped his side to an innings and 254 runs victory. He made a notable improvement in the latest rankings, which also take into account the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dubai, which Sri Lanka won by 68 runs on Tuesday to clinch the series 2-0.
Rabada, a star of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup when his side won it in 2014, has overtaken spinners Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka and Ravichandran Ashwin of India and is now on 876 points, only eight points behind second-placed India spinner Ravindra Jadeja and 20 behind top-ranked James Anderson of England.
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.
Top 10 Bowlers in ICC Test Rankings (as on 11th Oct.2017)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts
1 ( - ) J. Anderson Eng 896
2 ( - ) R.Jadeja Ind 884
3 (+2) K. Rabada SA 876
4 (-1) R. Ashwin Ind 852
5 (-1) R. Herath SL 833
6 ( - ) J. Hazlewood Aus 794
7 (+1) Nathan Lyon Aus 752
8 (-1) Dale Steyn SA 748
9 ( - ) Neil Wagner NZ 745
10 (+1) Stuart Broad Eng 737
ICC Media Release