Internet Desk: India’s star left-arm Ravindra Jadeja has slipped to second spot in the ICC Test bowlers rankings, released on Sunday.
Though Jadeja’s fellow teammate Ravichandran Ashwin retained his third spot in the table. Engalnd’s pace spearhead James Anderson is leading the rankings after his brilliant bowling in the third Test against West Indies.
Anderson has climbed to the top of the chart, owing to his superb effort in the third and final Test at Lord’s, which England won by nine wickets to seal the series 2-1 over the West Indies.
In the batsmen’s list, Cheteshwar Pujara continues to be the top-ranked Indian at No. 4, followed by captain Virat Kohli at No.6.
Both K L Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane climbed up the ladder by a place each to be at ninth and 10th positions, respectively.
Anderson, who was the top-ranked bowler in August 2016, has reclaimed the spot to become the oldest bowler to be number-one ranked since Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralidaran in July 2009 and the oldest pace bowler to be at the top since Australia’s Glenn McGrath in January 2006.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been another major gainer in the rankings after his player of the match performance. His knock of 60 in the first innings has lifted him four places to a career-best 20th position among batsmen while his first-innings haul of six for 22 sees him gain two places to reach 21st position among bowlers. These efforts also see him overtake team-mate Moeen Ali to take fourth place among all-rounders.
Other England players to move up include Moeen, who has gained one spot to reach 19th place among bowlers, while Toby Roland-Jones has gained one spot to take a career-best 41st slot.
For the Windies, batsman Shai Hope, who was jointly named player of the series along with Anderson, has continued his upward surge, gaining 11 slots to take a career-best 30th position while opener Kieran Powell has moved up 18 slots to 68th position.
Among its bowlers, pace bowler Kemar Roach has moved up four places to 24th position after a five-wicket haul in the first innings while captain Jason Holder has moved up three places to 33rd position.