Starc becomes No. 1 Test bowler after Bangladesh win

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has reached the No. 1 position in the ICC Test bowling rankings for the first time in his career, following a match-winning performance against Bangladesh. The 36-year-old left-arm pacer claimed 10 wickets in the second Test in Mackay, which concluded with an innings and 51-run victory for Australia on August 26, 2026.

Starc took six wickets for 12 runs in the first innings and four for 39 in the second, earning him both the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards. His performance propelled him past New Zealand's Matt Henry and India's Jasprit Bumrah, whom he now leads by 10 rating points. Starc's previous highest ranking was second, a position he first achieved after the Boxing Day Test last year.

Bumrah has dropped to second place. His latest stint at the top lasted two months, but he has accumulated a combined 697 days as the world's top-ranked Test bowler, the most by an Indian bowler and the 14th-most in the history of the rankings. He is currently sidelined from India's ongoing series against Sri Lanka due to an injury.

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