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Jadeja storms into Top 10 in ICC Test bowler rankings

Sentinel Digital Desk

DUBAI: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja stormed into the top 10 of ICC Test bowler rankings after his brilliant showing in the first two Tests against Australia. The left-arm bowler is the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar series with 17 wickets from the two Tests and has galloped to the ninth spot in the bowler rankings. Jadeja is the third Indian in the top-10 with Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah being the other two. Right-arm off-spinner Ashwin climbed to the second spot with 40-year-old James Anderson occupying the pole position.India all-rounder Axar Patel - who is the second leading run-scorer in the series against Australia thus far with 158 runs - was also rewarded and has moved two places to fifth overall in the latest Test all-rounder rankings. Jadeja leads the Test all-rounder rankings with 460 rating points. (ANI)

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