Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes make big gains in ICC Test Rankings

New Delhi: Following their strong all-round performances in the drawn fourth Test in Manchester, all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Ben Stokes have made substantial gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.

After grabbing four wickets and scoring a fighting 107 not out in the second innings, Jadeja has increased his lead at the top of the all-rounders rankings. With 422 rating points, Jadeja is 117 points ahead of second-placed Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan. Jadeja has also moved up five places to be 29th among batters, while being up one place to 14th position among bowlers. Stokes, England’s skipper, has jumped three places to be ranked third among all-rounders, also his highest position since December 2022. His of 141 in England’s only batting innings and a haul of six wickets, including a five-for in the first innings, has also helped him move up eight places to 34th position among batters, while going up from 45th to 42nd among bowlers.

India’s off-spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar’s unbeaten 101 in the second innings, while sharing an unbroken stand of 203 runs with Jadeja for the fifth wicket that helped India draw the Test, has climbed up eight places to 65th position. Sundar has also moved up eight positions to be joint-13th among all-rounders, having also taken two wickets in the match.

Meanwhile, in the T20I rankings, India’s left-handed batter Abhishek Sharma has become the top-ranked batter for the first time, as Travis Head lost his year-long reign at the summit after missing the series in the West Indies that Australia won 5-0. IANS

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