Ravindra Jadeja Jumps to Third Place in the Latest ICC Test Rankings for Bowlers; Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav Also Move Up
Fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav climb up the ladder and are at 25th and 26th spot respectively.
Ravindra Jadeja has moved up to third place from fourth in the latest ICC Test Rankings for bowlers. The spinner picked six wickets six wickets in the Bengaluru Test against Afghanistan and that helped him gain the number three position. Meanwhile, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and James Anderson are placed first and second respectively. As far as India is concerned, fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav climb up the ladder and are at 25th and 26th spot respectively.
Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay, who scored century each during the Afghanistan Test, have made upward movement on the rankings. Dhawan has climbed ten spots to reach career-best 24th position while Vijay's has jumped six spots to 23rd position.
The Afghanistan players to make an entry into the players' rankings are Hashmatuallah Shahidi (111th) and captain Asghar Stanikzai (136th) among batsmen. Among bowlers, Yamin Ahmadzai (94th) and spinners Mujeeb ur Rehman (114th) and Rashid Khan (119th) are among those in the rankings. Rashid is currently top-ranked in T20Is and second in ODIs.
West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel made a huge jump to take a career-best 12th position after his player of the match effort in the drawn second Test against Sri Lanka in St Lucia, which ended on Monday. The 30-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago gained 11 places after finishing the match with 13 for 121, the third best match haul ever by a Windies bowler.
Gabriel has reached 754 rating points while his previous best was 636 points and an 18th place in August last year. Gabriel's team-mates Roston Chase (up one place to 38th) and captain Jason Holder (up one place to 64th) were the others to gain in the latest update which also takes into account the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru which the home side won by an innings and 262 runs.
For Sri Lanka, who trail the three-match series against the Windies 1-0, captain Dinesh Chandimal has gained one spot to move up to ninth position after his effort of 119 not out and 39 while Kusal Mandis is another batsman to move up, gaining four spots to reach a career-best 12th position. Among their bowlers, Suranga Lakmal has gained one slot to reach 29th position while Lahiru Kumara has gained three spots to reach 51st position. (Inputs from IANS).
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