Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI
India’s latest batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal moved to a top-10 spot in the ICC rankings for Test batters by rising three places to 12th, while his compatriot Dhruv Jurel jumped 31 places to 69th on Wednesday.
Jaiswal, who started the series at 69th position, continues his climb to the top after scores of 73 and 37 in the fourth match of India’s ICC World Test Championship series against England in Ranchi.
Player of the Match Jurel’s scores of 90 and 39 have risen a whopping 31 places, while former England captain Joe Root is back in the top three.
Root, a previously top-ranked batsman, hit an unbeaten 122 in the first innings in Ranchi and moved up two places to third. He also moved up three places to fourth among all-rounders.
Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s five-wicket haul in the second innings has helped him narrow the gap with top-ranked Jasprit Bumrah to 21 rating points on 846 after the fast bowler was rested for the Ranchi Test.
Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav climbed 10 places to 32nd and England’s Shoaib Bashir, who climbed 38 places to 80th, has also achieved the career high.
Opener Zak Crawley entered the top 20 for the first time after scores of 42 and 60, while a number of spinners have also done well in the latest weekly update.
In the T20I Rankings, Australian batsman Travis Head moves into the top 20 for the first time after scores of 24, 45 and 33 in the series against New Zealand.
Tim David’s quick 31 from just 10 balls in the first match sees him rise six places to 22nd and past the 600-point mark for the first time in his career.
The top six bowlers are unchanged, with Josh Hazlewood the only new one in the top 10 after finishing with figures of 4-1-12-1 in Auckland.
In the ODI rankings, the biggest riser has been Namibia’s Bernard Scholtz, whose performances of four for 31 against Nepal and two for 15 against the Netherlands in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 Tri-Series in Kirtipur have taken him to 11th position and 642 rating points, the highest position and number of points ever achieved by a player from Namibia in ODI cricket.
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First print: February 29, 2024 | 9:17 am IST