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Test rankings: Rohit Sharma jumps to 17th spot, R Ashwin back in top 10

India batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as opener, on Monday jumped to a career-best 17th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings. Rohit, who now has five centuries from 28 Tests, gained a whopping 36 slots after his knocks of 176 and 127 in the first Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam helped India win by 203 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The other opener Mayank Agarwal has also attained a career-best 25th position after his first innings double-century lifted him 38 places. Captain Virat Kohli, who retained his second spot, has dropped below the 900-point mark for the first time since January 2018. He is now on 899 points, 38 behind top-ranked Steve Smith of Australia. Among the bowlers, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made a comeback to the top 10 after his match haul of eight wickets, which included figures of seven for 145 in the first innings. The formerly top-ranked bowle

Ashwin a wicket away from Muralitharan's record of fastest 350 Test scalps

Former Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble had taken 77 Tests to take 350 wickets

Ind vs SA 1st Test: Proteas tottering at 39-3 after Mayank's double-century

Ravichandran Ashwin provided the breakthroughs by getting through the defences of Markram with a classical off-break that turned sharply

IPL 2020: Full players' list of Delhi Capitals, and salary of each member

In a bizarre decision, DC bought England opener Jason Roy in IPL 2020 auction, despite having three opening batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw - in their squad

Year in Review: Mankading to WC final, top 5 cricket controversies of 2019

Business Standard lists the five controversies in world cricket that drew a lot of attention during 2019

Ashwin becomes third Indian bowler to pick 250 wickets in Tests at home

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged his 250th Test wicket at home during the first match against Bangladesh here on Thursday.By doing so, Ashwin became the third India bowler to achieve the milestone after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter and wrote: "250 Test wickets at home for @ashwinravi99. He becomes the third Indian bowler to do so after @anilkumble1074 & @harbhajan_singh."Ashwin had 249 Test wickets under his belt when he stepped out on the field for the first Test against Bangladesh. He picked the wicket of captain Mominul Haque to register his 250th wicket.Bangladesh opted to bat first after winning the toss and are currently on 106/4 after the completion of 41 overs.

Ashwin set to join Delhi Capitals for next edition of Indian Premier League

Ashwin, who was signed by Kings XI Punjab at the 2018 auction for Rs 7.6 crore, led the franchise in 14 matches in this year's IPL edition and scalped 15 wickets

IPL 2019: Steve Smith a quality player but no comeback is easy, says Ashwin

Ashwin himself is struggling to make a comeback to the Indian side and is likely to miss the World Cup bus with Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra Jadeja doing a nice job with the white ball

Batting promotion boosted my confidence, says buoyant Ashwin

The 29-year-old off-spinner scored 113, his 3rd century of Test career

Ashwin perfects the pitch

With eight brands in the bag and an endorsement fee of over a crore a year, off-spinner R Ashwin is matching Indian batsmen at their game

Ashwin regains spot as world number 1 Test bowler

After guiding his side to a massive victory by an innings & 92 runs against Carribeans in the 1st Test in Antigua

Ravichandran Ashwin fastest Indian to reach 200 Test wickets

The off-spinner trapped Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson in front to get to the 200-mark on day four of the 1st Test at the Green Park

Ravichandran Ashwin: Turning point

What makes Ravichandran Ashwin the world's premier Test spinner?

Ravichandran Ashwin stars as England end first innings at 255

The off-spinner ripped through the England batting line up to return figures of 5/67

Taking five wickets was not on my mind, says Ravichandran Ashwin

The off-spinner bowled India to a 200-run lead against England with his career's 22nd fifer

R Ashwin clarifies 'job opportunities' tweet, says it is non-political

Ashwin's earlier tweet on job openings was perceived as a veiled attack at 'Chinnamma'

Ravichandran Ashwin becomes the ICC Cricketer of the Year

Batsman Rohit Sharma and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were named in ICC's ODI team of the year

Ashwin is one of the most valuable players in world: Whatmore

Muralitharan was absolutely world class, but he didn't bat as well as Ashwin could do, says Whatmore

R Ashwin takes a dig at TN politics, says 234 job opportunities for youth

AIADMK MLAs elected Sasikala as Legislature Party Leader, paving her way for her elevation as CM

Ashwin becomes the world's fastest to claim 250 test wickets

The Indian off-spinner breaks legendary Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee's record