Jasprit Bumrah shares cryptic Instagram story after becoming number 1 in Test bowling rankings

Jasprit Bumrah has become the first India pacer to top the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings.

New Delhi: Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah shared a cryptic story after becoming the number one ICC bowler in the latest Test rankings. Bumrah has played six Test matches on Indian soil.

Bumrah's nine-wicket haul, including a brilliant 6/45 in the first innings in Visakhapatnam, has helped him leapfrog Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada and compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin. Bumrah has now become only the fourth bowler from his country to reach the number one position in the Test bowlers rankings, after spinners Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Bishan Singh Bedi.

Now that he became number one, Bumrah shared a story on his Instagram, here is the photo:

🚨Jasprit Bumrah's Instagram story. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/uQhZaQmKQD

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 7, 2024

Bumrah was named Player of the Match in the second Test match after helping India level the five-match series with a 106-run win in Visakhapatnam, ending Ashwin's 11-month reign at the top. Bumrah now has a total of 881 rating points, with Ashwin (904) and Jadeja (899) being the only Indian bowlers to have collected more rating points.

Ashwin, who now sits second in the bowlers' rankings after picking just three wickets at Visakhapatnam, and Jadeja, who is currently nursing a hamstring injury, also have the unique distinction of being joint top of the rankings in March 2017. spinner Kuldeep Yadav has moved up four places to 45th after making a strong return to the Test team in Visakhapatnam.