Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja’s sensational bowling performances helped India to take a 1-0 lead in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy. The terrific bowling performance by the spinners helped them to climb up in ICC Test Rankings.
Ashwin was the top-wicket taker in the match finishing with a figure of 8/79 including a five-wicket haul in Australia’s second innings. Ashwin climbed up to the second spot in the rankings and is now just 21 rating points behind Australia captain Pat Cummins who is currently the world’s top-ranked bowler in the format. Ashwin last held the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers in 2017.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has climbed to the 16th spot in the ICC Bowler Rankings in Tests. Jadeja took 7 wickets in the match including the important wickets Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne in the 1st innings. Jadeja also played a valuable knock with the bat for India.
India captain Rohit Sharma has been rewarded for his terrific ton in Nagpur with a rise to 8th position in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings. Rohit Sharma became the 1st Indian Captain to score a century across all three formats.
“The Third Test Has Been Moved To Venue Where Ravichandran Ashwin Averages 12.50 With The Ball,” – Saba Karim Hits Back The Australian Media
Former India cricketer Saba Karim took a dig at an Australian media outlet, Fox Cricket after they shared a tweet about Ravichandran Ashwin’s stats in Indore after the third Border-Gavaskar trophy Test was shifted to the city. Ashwin has a very good bowling strike rate in Indore.
Speaking to India News Sports Saba Karim said
“Fox Cricket always tries to do such unnecessary things. They should support their team instead of doing such things. Raising questions about the venue or the opposition team is of no use.
Saba Karim further added that the matches in India are allotted based on rotational policy and also he said that Australian media should avoid these things and should look to sallows their team.
“We all know that the BCCI allots matches based on the rotation policy. The best option would have been Indore, which is why the match has been shifted there.” He further added
The third test was originally scheduled to be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) and later shifted to Holkar Stadium, Indore.