By and large the changes from the 2020 polls and this combined poll have been just one or two spots in their respective pacer/spinner listings.
However, there have been 5 cases of more significant moves - all upwards and mostly involving current day players.
These major moves are: Bumrah - up 11 spots; Jadeja - up 9 spots; Rabada - up 8 spots; Ashwin - up 5 spots and Adcock - up 4 spots.
One can't deny that current players are more likely to improve on their ratings from 2 years ago and, in the case of the Indian trio, their success as a team has been a positive influence on the voting. As I have expressed in the past, I am somewhat reticent to vote for players who have yet to complete their Test careers, but I can't deny these players, especially the Indian trio, their rise up the rankings.
If I have a reservation it would be the Rabada's climb up 8 places but I may be judging him, to an extent, on a recent tour of Australia. In the 22/23 tour he averaged over 30 with the ball and was unimpressive but, since then, he's had two solid home series.
As for Adcock, when rankings were done in 2022 and upon looking at his stats, I felt he was under-rated.
We are down to the final dozen or so spots and, hopefully, we can maintain interest and variety in the voting.