Holder enters top 10 after Hyderabad five-for
CHAGUARAMAS (92 News) - Umesh Yadav cracked the top 25 among bowlers after starring role in Indian win, while Roston Chase, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant moved up among the batsmen.
It was one-way traffic in the two-Test series between India and the Windies, which the home side won 2-0 with victories by an innings and 272 runs and by 10 wickets.
But Jason Holder, the Windies captain, stood out for his individual performance with the ball, like he has often in the recent past.
It has been an outstanding year with the ball for Holder.
- His 5/56 in the Indian first innings was his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests this year, the most by any bowler.
- He is the first bowler from the Windies since Courtney Walsh in 2000 to pick up four five-fors in a calendar year.
- His was the first five-wicket haul by a Windies pacer in India since 1994, when Kenneth Benjamin returned 5/65 in Mohali.
- The most incredible stat is that he averages 11.87 with the ball in 2018, the best by a bowler with at least 30 wickets in a calendar year in 100 years.