Dubai: Ravichandran Ashwin has jumped to the top position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders by virtue of his stellar show in the first Test against West Indies in Kolkata recently.
Ashwin scored 124, his second Test century, and also recorded match figures of 40-11-98-5 to help India register an emphatic innings and 51-run victory with more than two days to spare.
The performance at Kolkata not only improved Ashwin’s batting and bowling rankings, but also helped him to leapfrog Shakib Al Hasan and Jacques Kallis into the number-one spot in the all-rounders’ list.
Ashwin has earned 81 ratings points and now leads second-placed Shakib by 43 ratings points.
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen, Ashwin has moved up 18 places to the 45th position, while in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, the 27-year-old off-spinner has gained two places and is now sitting in sixth position.
The batting chart continues to be headed by AB de Villiers of South Africa, while his team mate Dale Steyn is the top ranked bowler. (PTI)