Bumrah ascended to the top following his six-wicket haul against Bangladesh in Kanpur last year. A stellar Border-Gavaskar Trophy where he picked up 32 wickets at 13.06 helped him strengthen his position. Before the fifth and final Test in Sydney, Bumrah had created history by becoming the highest-ever rated India bowler at 907 points. After taking two wickets in the first innings in Sydney, he gained another point to currently sit at 908.

Overall, there have been 82 bowlers who have been No.1 in Test cricket, with the first one to the spot being England’s Alfred Shaw back in 1877. There have been as many as 27 bowlers who have been crowned No.1 in Test cricket from England and Australia each. Eight each from West Indies and South Africa have been at the top of the ICC rankings in Test cricket as well, with five from Pakistan, four from India, two from New Zealand and one from Sri Lanka making the list.

The bowler to cling on to the apex position the longest was Dale Steyn, who was No.1 for 2,343 days, first reaching there in 2008 in just 22 matches.

Matt Henry’s four-wicket burst in the third ODI against Sri Lanka helped him reach 150 ODI wickets, making him the second-fastest New Zealand bowler to hit this milestone.

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