It is worth noting that Jadeja snatched the chair from Jason Holder at the top with his scintillating performance.
-Vinay Kumar
Indian team’s strong all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja performed well in the first match of the two-match series played against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Thanks to this recent performance, Ravindra Jadeja has reached the top of the all-rounders ranking of the ICC World Test Rankings. Apart from Jadeja, former India captain Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant have also jumped in this latest Test ranking. But, Hitman Rohit Sharma, captaining for the first time in the Test series, dropped the batting rankings. He has moved out of the top-5 in this ranking.
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The ICC said in its official statement, “Ravindra Jadeja had an excellent performance in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Due to which he reached number one in the ICC Men’s Test All Rounders Rankings. It is worth noting that Jadeja snatched the chair from Jason Holder at the top with his scintillating performance. To remind you, Jason Holder remained the top Test all-rounder since February 2021. However, Jadeja has reached the top in August 2017. But, at that time he was only a world number one all-rounder at this position.
Jadeja reaches the summit
Kohli, Pant move up ️Some big movements in the latest update to the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men’s Test Player rankings
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— ICC (@ICC) March 9, 2022
Significantly, SL vs IND 1st Test Match Mohali, 2022 against Sri Lanka) In the first test match played in Mohali, he scored 175 runs and was not out. Due to this tremendous performance, he jumped 17 places in the batting rankings from 54th to 37th position. In the same match, Jadeja took 9 wickets for Sri Lanka. This deadly and sharp bowling performance took him to the 17th position in the bowling rankings. Significantly, India had won the first test match by an innings and 222 runs. And, Ravindra Jadeja was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ (SL vs IND Test Match Mohali) for his excellent all-round performance in this match.
Team India’s strong wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who played a blistering innings of 96 runs against Sri Lanka in the first match of the series, has reached the top-10. He has 723 rating points in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Rankings. They have occupied the 10th position. Former India captain Virat Kohli has become India’s number one batsman in the Test rankings, overtaking Team India captain Rohit Sharma. He has 763 rating points in the latest ICC rankings.
Former captain Virat Kohli has jumped 2 places. He has occupied from 7th to 5th number in the world ranking. The current captain Rohit Sharma has dropped from the 5th to the 6th position. He has 761 rating points in the latest world rankings.
Australia’s Marnus Labuchegne tops the latest ICC Men’s Cricket World Rankings. England Test team captain Joe Root is second, former Australia captain Steve Smith is third and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at the fourth position. Indian team veteran and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remains at number two in the Test Cricket Bowling Rankings. The dangerous fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, Vice Captain of Team India, is at 10th position. Ravichandran Ashwin is at the third position in the all-rounder rankings. In this case, those steps have been dropped.