NEW DELHI: Following his match-winning 7/48 in the final Test against England, Ravindra Jadeja has jumped to a career-best second spot in the latest ICC Test ranking for bowlers. Jadeja’s match-haul of 10/154 has put him 8 points adrift R Ashwin, who continues to hold the top spot.
Jadeja has gained 66 points and has leapfrogged the likes Josh Hazlewood, James Anderson,Dale Steyn and Rangana Herath , which means this is the only occasion since 1974 that the top two spots in the ICC bowling chart have belonged to Indians – Bishan Bedi and BS Chandrasekhar being the last pair.
Jadeja has also gained one place to reach a career-best third rank in the list of allrounders, which also is ruled by Ashwin. Apart from a tally of 43 wickets from nine matches this year, Jadeja has also contributed with the bat, scoring three half-centuries, two of which – a career-best 90 and 51 – came in the series against England.
Ishant Sharma, who played the final Test was promoted by two places to hold the 23rd spot while triple-centurion Karun Nair has rose 122 places to be ranked 55th. His Karnataka team-mate KL Rahul, who scored 199 in the first innings, has also leaped 29 places to be placed at a career-best 51st.
Bureau Report
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