Career-best figures in the second Test has ensured Josh Hazlewood is still the world’s premier fast bowler.
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The Bendemeer Bullet has retained his fourth spot on the ICC bowling rankings released following the end of the third Test in Ranchi.
Hazlewood, fresh from his haul of 6-67, sits behind spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rangara Herath on the charts.
The paceman Pat Cummins, Steve O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon continue to be monitored in the lead-up to the deciding fourth Test, but at this stage team medical officials are pleased with their fitness.
Australia travelled to Dharamsala on Wednesday and their training sessions on Thursday and Friday will both be optional, with team management wary of overloading players adjusting to higher altitude.
In the visitors' favour is the fact they didn't bowl at all on day five in Ranchi on Monday.
The fourth Test starts on Saturday.
