ICC Test Rankings: Yashasvi Jaiswal Storms into Top 20 After Twin Double Hundreds

Young Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal stormed into the highest 20 of the ICC Test Rankings on Wednesday, notching up the 15^th spot within the newest batting charts. He jumped up 14 spots within the participant rankings following his twin double centuries towards England in Vizag and Rajkot.

Jaiswal scored 209 in India’s first innings within the second Test at Visakhapatnam after which smashed an unbeaten 214 runs within the second essay at Rajkot to contribute to the house crew’s historic 434-run victory over England. The 22-year-old joined a choose band of seven cricketers to attain double centuries in two consecutive Tests together with two Indians – Vinod Kambli and Virat Kohli.

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Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has gone nearer to Indian teammate Jasprit Bumrah on the high of the Test bowling rankings courtesy of a one-place soar to second after he went previous 500 Test wickets, whereas Jadeja jumps three locations to sixth on the identical checklist following his five-wicket haul in England’s second innings in Rajkot. He additionally returned with a seven-wicket match haul that lifted him three locations to sixth within the bowling rankings.

Jadeja and Ashwin continued to carry on to the primary two spots within the Test all-rounders rankings. Jadeja consolidated his place among the many all-rounders, going from 416 to a career-best 469 ranking factors.

India captain Rohit Sharma moved up one spot to twelfth within the batting checklist after scoring 131 within the first innings at Rajkot, whereas Shubman Gill (91) progressed three locations to thirty fifth after coming near a century within the second innings.

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Debutants Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel additionally entered the rankings in seventy fifth and one centesimal positions, respectively. Star batter Virat Kohli, who shouldn’t be enjoying within the collection as a result of private causes, stays the one Indian within the top-10 batters’ chart on the seventh spot.

For England, opener Ben Duckett’s quickfire 153 within the first innings lifted him 12 locations to thirteenth. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson strengthened his place on the high of the batting rankings after notching a century towards South Africa, his seventh in seven Tests, becoming a member of Aravinda de Silva, Mohammad Yousuf and Clyde Walcott as the one gamers to have achieved the distinctive feat.

(With Agency Inputs)