Bumrah jumps to fourth in ODI bowlers rankings; Kohli equals Tendulkar's record

New Delhi, Sep 5: Young India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has jumped up 20 places to attain a career-best fourth position in the latest ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings after grabbing 15 wickets in the 5-match series against Sri Lanka.

Bumrah is now behind Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood, who leads the table, followed by South Africa spinner Imran Tahir and Australia pacer Mitchell Starc.

The 23-year-old Bumrah, whose previous best was 24th position in June this year, has moved up 27 ranks.

India left-arm spinner Axar Patel has moved up from 20th to 10th position after finishing with six wickets in four matches. Patel has thus closed in on his career-high rank of ninth in October last year.

Hardik Pandya (up two places to 61st), Kuldeep Yadav (up 21 places to 89th) and Yuzvendra Chahal (up 55 places to 99th) are other India bowlers to gain in the rankings, said an ICC release.

Meanwhile, India's skipper and batting mainstay Virat Kohli has consolidated his position in the batsmen's rankings at the top after his 330 runs in the series. Kohli, who slammed his career's 30th ODI century in the last match of the series is now on 887 points.

He has now equalled the highest ODI rating points by an Indian batsman, achieved by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998. Kohli, who ranks at the top in the T20Is, has also increased his lead over Australia's David Warner from 12 to 26 points.

There are two more Indian batsmen apart from Kohli in the top ten. Rohit Sharma, the second highest run-maker in the series with 302 runs, and former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are both back in the top 10.

Sharma, who struck two centuries in Sri Lanka, has gained five slots to reach ninth place while Dhoni's 162 runs have lifted him two places to 10th position.