India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja extended his lead on Wednesday to solidify his position as the world’s top all-rounder in Test cricket, while Abhishek Sharma became the world’s top player in T20 cricket for the first time.
Jadeja increased his advantage over Bangladesh’s second-place Mehidy Hasan Miraz by 117 rating points, reaching 422 points in the most recent ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.
Travis Head’s year-long dominance came to an end when he missed the five-match Caribbean series that Australia won 5-0.As a result, India opener Abhishek Sharma rose to the top of the T20 rankings.
Head is now in second place with 814 rating points, while the left-handed Sharma now has 829 rating points.
“Jadeja has inflated his lead at the top of the rankings for all-rounders after grabbing four wickets and scoring a fighting 107 not out,” the ICC said in a statement on its website.
“He has added 13 rating points and is now on an aggregate of 422, 117 rating points clear of Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan. He has also moved up five places to 29th among batters and up one place to 14th among bowlers,” the statement added.
Following his first Test century and a 203-run heroic partnership with Jadeja for the fifth wicket, which secured an incredible draw in the fourth Test at Manchester, Washington Sundar also rose eight spots to 65th.
“Sundar has also moved up eight positions to joint-13th among all-rounders, having also taken two wickets in the match,” the ICC said.
England captain Ben Stokes climbed three spots to take third place among all-rounders, his highest standing since December 2022, while Joe Root also increased his lead over second-place Kane Williamson by 37 points as the top-ranked batter in Test cricket.
In England’s lone innings at Manchester, Root scored a magnificent 150, and Stokes made a crucial 141 and took a five-wicket haul.
England bowlers Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes both improved in the most recent rankings. “The Test bowling rankings see fast bowler Jofra Archer continue his impressive return after four years, his haul of three for 73 lifting him 38 places to 63rd position,” the ICC said.
“Chris Woakes is up one place to 23rd after finishing with three wickets in the match, which included a double-strike early in the Indian second innings,” it added.
