Yashasvi Jaiswal made a huge leap in Test rankings by overtaking captain Rohit Sharma

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a big gain in Test rankings. Jaiswal's excellent performance continues in the Test series being played against England. Which has benefited him in ranking. Jaiswal is now just 2 places behind Kohli in the Test rankings. Jaiswal has moved up three places to 12th position in the Test rankings. While Virat Kohli is present at 9th position. Yashasvi has left behind captain Rohit Sharma, who has slipped one place to 13th position. Yashasvi has scored 655 runs in the first four tests of the 5-match series. In this way, he is the highest run scorer in the series.

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There is no Indian included in the top-5 batsmen in the Test rankings. New Zealand's Kane Williamson is number one in the ranking. The rating of Kiwi batsman is 893. After this, Steve Smith of Australia is at second place. Whose rating is 818. After this, Joe Root of England is at third place with 799 rating, Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand is at fourth place with 780 rating and Babar Azam of Pakistan is at fifth place with 768 rating.

Let us tell you that Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's bat has performed well in the 5-match Test series being played against England. There have been four Test matches in the series after which he is the batsman with the highest run scorer. He has scored 655 runs in 8 innings of 4 matches at an average of 93.57. Meanwhile, he has scored 2 double centuries and 2 half-centuries. It is noteworthy that Jaiswal has played 8 tests so far.

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Let us tell you that in the ICC Test bowlers' rankings, Jasprit Bumraj remains the number 1 bowler, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is at the second position. Kagiso Rabara of South Africa is in third place. In the rankings released on 8 February, Bumrah became the first Indian fast bowler to be ranked number 1 in Tests. In the all-rounder ranking, Ravindra Jadeja is at first place and Ashwin is at second place. Akshar Patel is at number five. In this way, 3 Indians are included in the top-5 Test all-rounder rankings.