ICC rankings for Test bowlers: Ravichandran Ashwin climbs 1 spot

Ashwin moving up slowly

Ravichandran Ashwin's 7 wickets in the second Test match against Sri Lanka helped him overtake Rangana Herath into eighth spot on 769 points, one point behind South Africa's Vernon Philander. Australia's Mitchell Johnson climbed two spots to sixth after taking four wickets in the final Ashes Test in London.

Peter Siddle, who got chance to play only in the final Ashes Test, has gained three places to move up to 14th rank, while England's Moeen Ali earned the 30th spot. Surpise performer Mitchell Marsh rocketed 36 places to a career-high 71st place.

Meanwhile, there were career-high gains for Sri Lanka duo of Dhammika Prasad, whose six for 125 runs in Colombo has helped him move up four places to 25th, while his team-mate Tharindu Kaushal has moved up one place to 59th.

The biggest mover in the bowling rankings, though, was India leg-spinner Amit Mishra whose match haul of seven for 72 has helped him move up 42 places to a career-high 39th.

ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers

Rank	Player	Country	Rating
1	Dale Steyn	SA	905
2	Stuart Broad	ENG	835
3	Trent Boult	NZL	814
4	Yasir Shah	PAK	810
5	James Anderson	ENG	807
6	Mitchell Johnson	AUS	773
7	Vernon Philander	SA	770
8	R Ashwin	IND	769
9	Rangana Herath	SL	748
10	Tim Southee	NZ	713

Ashwin is also moving closer to Shakib Al Hasan in the all-rounders' ranking where he is currently placed at rank 2 with just 43 points behind Shakib.

The final Test between Sri Lanka and India will start this Friday, and if India successfully defeat the home team then they'll move to the fifth spot in the teams' ranking list. And if Sri Lanka defeat India, then they'll overtake the visitors sixth position in the table.