Ravindra Jadeja Becomes Number 1 All-Rounder In ICC Test Rankings
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Ravindra Jadeja displaced West Indies' Jason Holder to grab the top spot. The India all-rounder was adjudged Player of The Match for his unbeaten 175-run knock and 9 wickets in the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka.
India's Ravindra Jadeja rose to the number 1 spot in ICC Test rankings for all-rounders after his match-winning performance against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Mohali. Jadeja displaced West Indies' Jason Holder to grab the top spot. It's not the first time that the Indian spinner has topped the all-rounder rankings, and his move to the summit comes as little surprise after a stunning show in the series opener against Sri Lanka. The India all-rounder was adjudged Player of the Match for scoring a sublime unbeaten 175 in the first innings to help India to a formidable 574/8 declared. He followed it up with a five-wicket haul in Sri Lanka's first innings, and the pick of the figures in the second innings too with 4/46. Jadeja 175* was also the highest score by an Indian batting at No.7 or lower in Test cricket, bettering Kapil Dev's long-standing record. Jadeja reaches the summit ???? Kohli, Pant move up ⬆️Some big movements in the latest update to the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men's Test Player rankings ????Details ???? https://t.co/BjiD5Avxhk pic.twitter.com/U4dfnrmLmE
Holder is now at the second spot while Jadeja's teammate Ravichandran Ashwin slipped to the third spot.
Meanwhile former India captain Virat Kohli, who played his 100th Test recently, returned to the top five in Test rankings for batters and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant entered the top 10 on the back of his swashbuckling 96-run knock in Mohali.
Australia's Marnus Labuschagne remained the top-ranked batter in the world, and his rating of 936 has him at No.12 on the all-time list, with Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith and Don Bradman the only Aussies rated higher than the 27-year-old.
