ICC Test Rankings: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja make big gains after humiliation of Australia in Nagpur

Both
Ashwin
and
Jadeja
returned
with
impressive
fifers
in
the
Nagpur
Test
of
the
Border-Gavaskar
Trophy
2023,
which
Team
India
won
by
an
innings
and
132
runs.

Australian
media
react
to
Nagpur
‘humiliation’:
Don’t
blame
wicket,
blame
team’s
state
of
mind

Ashwin
has
closed
the
gap
with
top-ranked
Pat
Cummins
and
ranks
second
in
the
latest
ICC
Test
Bowler
Rankings
for
men.
Jadeja
–
who
was
adjudged
the
player
of
the
match
in
his
comeback
Test
–
also
jumped
higher.

The
spin
twins
combined
to
pick
up
15
wickets
in
the
first
Test
between
the
two
leading
nations
in
the
current
cycle
of
the
ICC
World
Test
Championship.

R
Ashwin
Vs
Australia
in
Nagpur
Test

The
tall
Tamil
Nadu
off-spinner
ensured
India
wrapped
up
the
match
in
style
before
tea
on
the
third
day
and
he
picked
up
5/37
in
the
second
innings
to
go
with
3/42
in
the
first
innings
of
the
match.

With
his
superlative
effort,
the
36-year-old
climbed
to
the
second
spot
in
the
Test
bowler
rankings.
He’s
only
21
rating
points
adrift
of
Australia
captain
Pat
Cummins
from
making
a
return
to
the
No.1
spot
for
the
first
time
since
2017.

Ravindra
Jadeja
impresses
on
his
Test
comeback

While
Ashwin
stepped
up
in
what
turned
out
to
be
the
last
session
of
the
Test,
Jadeja
–
who
was
making
an
international
comeback
after
an
injury
layoff
of
five
months
–
returned
with
5/47,
including
the
prized
wickets
of
Steve
Smith
and
Marnus
Labuschagne,
as
India
folded
the
Aussies
for
177
in
their
first
innings.

Jadeja
then
took
2/34
in
the
second
innings
to
partner
with
Ashwin
as
the
spin
twins
quickly
dismissed
Australia’s
top
seven
batters
and
left
them
reeling
at
67/7
on
the
way
to
being
all
out
for
just
91.

WI
spinner
Gudakesh
Motie
shines

Gudakesh
Motie,
the
emerging
West
Indies
spinner,
announced
his
arrival
on
the
big
stage
with
his
haul
of
19
wickets
in
two
Tests
against
Zimbabwe.
He
has
surged
77
places
to
be
ranked
46th
after
only
three
Tests.

Rohit
Sharma
jumps
to
8th
in
Test
Batters’ Rankings

For
his
match-winning
century
in
Nagput,
India
captain
Rohit
Sharma
rose
from
10th
to
8th
in
the
ICC
Men’s
Test
Batting
Rankings.
The
Mumbaikar
came
to
the
crease
and
made
the
wicket
look
all
but
tame
with
an
assured
120
that
set
the
tone
for
the
rest
of
the
match.

David
Warner,
Usman
Khawaja
slip

In
stark
contrast
to
Rohit’s
knock,
the
Australian
opening
duo
of
David
Warner
and
Usman
Khawaja
paid
the
price
for
each
being
dismissed
cheaply
twice.

Warner
has
fallen
six
places
to
20th
after
his
scores
of
1
and
10,
while
Khawaja
has
dropped
two
spots
to
10th
after
only
making
1
and
5
in
the
first
Test
against
India.

Axar
Patel
ICC
Test
All-Rounder
Rankings

India
all-rounder
Axar
Patel
–
who
was
equally
good
with
the
bat
and
ball
in
Nagpur
Test
–
has
jumped
six
places
to
7th
in
the
ICC
Men’s
Test
All-Rounder
Rankings.
He
walked
into
the
middle
at
a
tense
240/7
but
his
patient
knock
of
84,
for
his
highest
score
in
Tests,
helped
India
touch
the
400-run
mark
in
the
first
innings
and
ensure
visitors
had
a
monumental
lead
of
200-plus
in
the
third
innings
which
they
couldn’t
overhaul.

Kraigg
Brathwaite
Test
Rankings

Kraigg
Brathwaite
is
another
Test
captain
to
rise
in
the
batting
rankings
as
the
West
Indies
opener
moved
four
spots
to
21st
after
notching
182
in
the
first
Test
against
Zimbabwe.

The
West
Indies
skipper’s
opening
partner
Tagenarine
Chanderpaul
made
an
even
bigger
leap,
as
the
26-year-old
climbed
28
spots
to
58th
after
his
huge
207*
in
the
same
Test
against
Zimbabwe.