Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ended the year occupying the two top positions in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings. And the national team too ended the year as the number one side in the five-day format in the latest list issued by the International Cricket Council on Saturday.
ICC’s Test Cricketer of the Year and Cricketer of the Year Ashwin continued to lead the all-rounders table with no change in the top five in the list, and Jadeja retaining the third spot.
This is just the second time the top two spots in the bowlers' chart is occupied by Indian players, with the pair emulating left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi and leg-spinner Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, who were ranked number one and two in 1974.
In the Test batsmen's ranking, Indian skipper Virat Kohli ended the year in the second position with Australia's Steve Smith heading the chart.
Pakistan opener Azhar Ali moved up 10 places to reach a career-high sixth rank, riding on his scores of 205 not out and 43 in the second Test against Australia in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, Team India has ended the year as the No.1 ranked Test side with 120 ranking points, 15 points clear of second-placed Australia (105 points).
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(With inputs from PTI.)