Jadeja, Siraj attain career-best positions in ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings

Ravindra Jadeja. 

Khel Today Bureau

Dubai: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s standout performance in the first match of their ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies in Ahmedabad has helped him reach a career-best 25thposition in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings.

The previous best for the 36-year-old, who scored 104 not out in India’s only innings, was the 29th position that he achieved in July this year. He is now at a career-high of 644 rating points.

Jadeja’s four wickets in the second innings have also helped him extend his lead at the top of the all-rounders’ table by a good 125 points over Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan.

Mohammed Siraj. 

Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj continued his good work from the England tour, his figures of four for 40 and three for 31 lifting him three places to a career-best 12th position and above the 700-point mark for the first time in his career following India’s victory by an innings and 140 runs.

Other gainers from the Indian team include K.L. Rahul and Dhruv Jurel, who have both progressed in the batting rankings after notching centuries. Rahul has moved up four places to 35th and Jurel is up 20 places to 65th after his maiden Test century.

Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav has gained seven places to reach 21st position after taking two cheap wickets in the match.

There was little to cheer for the West Indies players though as no batter scored a half-century and no bowler took more than two wickets.

In the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, Australia captain Mitchell Marsh has returned to the top 10 of the batting table for the first time since February 2024 after scoring 85 in the first match and 103 not out in the third match of the series against New Zealand.

New Zealand’s Tim Robinson struck an inbeaten 106 in the first match of the series at Mount Maunganui which helped him advance 58 places to joint-22nd.

Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan 3-0 in their series in the United Arab Emirates, with Saif Hassan’s unbeaten 64 in the third match helping him into the top 20 batters for the first time. Tanzid Hasan has moved up from 43rd to 37th and Parvez Hossain from 71st to 53rd.

Afghanistan leg-spinning all-rounder Rashid Khan’s hauls of four for 18 and two for 29 in the first two matches have helped him claw back to number two in the bowling rankings, his highest position since June last year.

The bowling rankings also see Noor Ahmad (up eight places to 17th) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (up six places to 23rd) of Afghanistan progress, while Bangladesh players Tanzim Hasan Sakib (up nine places to 33rd), Shoriful Islam (up 21 places to joint-49th) and Player of the Series Nasum Ahmed (up from 131stto 44th) have all advanced.