ICC Rankings: Ravindra Jadeja third-ranked Test bowler, Babar Azam, Stuart Broad and Naseem Shah make gains

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Ravindra Jadeja has jumped two places in the latest ICC rankings for Test bowlers to barge in the top three consisting of compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin at the numero uno position and South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada at second.

Stuart Broad, who retired with 604 Test crickets in 167 Test matches on Monday, is occupying the fourth spot after jumping two places. Pat Cummins has dropped two places to fifth, while Shaheen Afridi after his cracking return to Test cricket after a year against Sri Lanka has risen three spots to occupy the sixth position.

India's Jasprit Bumrah continued to occupy the tenth spot in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers. Pakistan speedster Naseem Shah, who displayed a brilliant spell of reverse swing in the second innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, is up seven spots to equal 37th and left-arm spinner Noman Ali improving 13 places to sit on 42nd.

In the batting department, Kane Williamson continues to lead the chart and is now followed by Joe Root at second, and Steve Smith and Babar Azam at third and fourth respectively. Marnus Labuschagne has dropped from second to fifth. Australia middle-order batter Travis Head has also slipped two spots to sixth.

ICC ODI Rankings

There wasn't much change to the ODI rankings, however, India spinner Kuldeep Yadav moved up eight places to 14th on the list for ODI bowlers following his impressive display in the 3-match ODI series against West Indies. Mohammed Siraj (4th) is the only bowler in the top-ten of ICC ODI rankings for bowlers.

Ishan Kishan, who hit three back-to-back fifties in the series, jumped 15 places to equal 45th. Shubman Gill is static at seventh, while Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma dropped one place each to ninth and eleventh spots respectively.