Pakistan’s 39-year-old spinner Noman Ali picked up a total of 10 wickets in the first Test against South Africa last week. He dismissed six batters in the first innings and four in the second. The super
show by Noman in Pakistan’s 93-run win over the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) winners at Gaddafi Stadium helped him jump four places on Wednesday (October 22) and become the new world No. 2 Test bowler.
He has 853 rating points to his credit.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah, who dismissed a total of 7 West Indies batters in the two-match Test series, continues to lead the bowler’s chart. He has 882 rating points to his credit.
South African pacer Kagiso Rabada was the world’s No. 2 Test bowler last week, but after managing to take only two wickets in the first Test against Pakistan, he has dropped three places. He is now the world No. 5 Test bowler and has 837 rating points.
Australia’s Josh Hazlewood has also dropped one place (5th to 6th) in the Test rankings, but in the ODI bowler’s rankings, he jumped six places to take the No. 10 position.
Hazlewood bowled seven overs in the first India-Australia ODI at Optus Stadium in Perth on October 19 and picked up two wickets for 20 runs to set up Australia’s win by 7 wickets.
Kuldeep Yadav was dropped to the bench by Indian team management for the first ODI against Australia, and after not getting a chance to play, he also dropped one place in the ODI bowler’s rankings.
Mohammad Rizwan impressed with his batting in the first innings of the Lahore Test, and as a result, he also gained four places in the Test batter’s rankings (16th now). India’s Test captain Shubman Gill is also up by one place. In the ODI batter’s list, Shreyas Iyer is down by one place (10th now). He was only able to score 11 runs in the first ODI against Australia.
But KL Rahul has gained one place (14th now). The right-handed batter scored 38 runs in the series opener after coming out to bat at No. 6.
In the second T20I for England against New Zealand on Monday, Adil Rashid picked up four wickets, and his performance has helped him become the world No. 3 T20I bowler from sixth position last week.
