ICC Rankings: R Ashwin drops six points, tied with James Anderson as No. 1 Test bowler

Following the latest update to the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, the thrilling battle to be rated the best Test bowler in the world is as close as it has ever been. It has been a close race in recent weeks between England pacer James Anderson, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, and Australia captain Pat Cummins in the latest ICC rankings list on Wednesday.

Ashwin lost six rating points after picking up four wickets in the third Test of India's ongoing series against Australia, tying Anderson with a total of 859 rating points. Cummins' rating has dropped to 849 points due to his absence for the final two Tests in India, but the right-armer remains in third place on the rankings and within striking distance of the top two players.

Pat Cummins, who pulled out of the final two Tests in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series for personal reasons, has seen his rating drop to 849 points but the pacer still maintained his place in third spot. Meanwhile, South Africa pacer Rabada, who bagged eight wickets in their 87-run win over the West Indies in the first Test at



Centurion, improved three spots to fourth and up to 807 rating points.

Australia spinner Nathan Lyon also had an eye-catching move inside the top 10, improving five places to ninth overall (769 rating points) following his match-winning 11-wicket haul in Indore. In the ranking of the Test batters, Australia opener Usman Khawaja moved up two places to ninth overall. South Africa right-hander Aiden Markram shot up 21 places to 33rd, while the West Indies middle-order batter Jermaine Blackwood was up 12 spots to 35.

There was also plenty of movement in the latest ODI Player Rankings, following the completion of England's series in Bangladesh.

England opener Jason Roy improved five places to 12 overall on the list for batters, while his skipper Jos Buttler was up four spots to 16th and the experienced Dawid Malan went up by 22 spots to 35th.

Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan, who holds the No. 1 position in the ODI all-rounders' rankings, went up five places to 27th on the list of batters and two spots to fifth among bowlers.