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Josh Hazlewood climbs up the ICC Test Rankings | Josh Hazlewood moves up to fifth in the Test bowling rankings after his 5/8

As Australia won the first Test match against India by eight wickets, Josh Hazlewood has climbed the ICC Test ranking for his amazing 5 for 8 in the second innings. Hazlewood is at the fifth position as he jumped four slots with 805 points, On the other end, Pat Cummins continues to rule the rankings by being on top with 910 points in his kitty.

Though India lost the Test after the batting line collapsed in incredible fashion, R Ashwin’s four wickets in the first innings took him to become India’s top-ranked Test bowler. Ashwin is also the only spinner in the top ten rankings.

When it comes to the batting line up, Australia has three batters in the top six spot with No.1 sealed by Steve Smith followed by Marnus Labuschagne and David Warner retaining their positions. Indian skipper Virat Kohli who will be out of the next three Test matches closed the gap on Smith from 25 points to 13 points.

Here’s the complete list of ICC rankings with the current updates after the first Test match of the Border–Gavaskar series:

ICC Test batting rankings

1) Steve Smith (Australia)

2) Virat Kohli (India)

3) Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

4) Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)

5) Babar Azam (Pakistan)

6) David Warner (Australia)

7) Ben Stokes (England)

8) Cheteshwar Pujara (India)

9) Joe Root (England)

10) Tom Latham (New Zealand)

ICC Test bowling rankings

1) Pat Cummins (Australia)

2) Stuart Broad (England)

3) Neil Wagner (New Zealand)

4) Tim Southee (New Zealand)

5) Josh Hazlewood (Australia)

6) Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)

7) Mitchell Starc (Australia)

8) James Anderson (England)

9) Ravichandran Ashwin (India)

10) Jason Holder (West Indies)

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.