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KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav achieve career best spots in ICC Test Rankings after good show in Dharamsala

India opener Lokesh Rahul jumped 11 places to reach a career-high rank of 11th in the latest ICC Rankings for Test batsmen.

Dubai, March 30: India opener Lokesh Rahul, who slammed a half-century in both the innings of the deciding Dharamsala Test against Australia, jumped 11 places to reach a career-high rank of 11th in the latest ICC Rankings for Test batsmen.

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The 24-year-old Karnataka batsman had started the series in the 57th position and has gained 46 places over four Tests following scores of 64, 10, 90, 51, 67, 60 and 51 not out.

KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav achieve career best spot in ICC Test Rankings after good show in Dharamsala

Rahul scored 393 runs from 7 innings, with 90 being his highest, at an average of 65.50. However, the only drawback in his performance against the Australians was the way he threw his wicket away on a couple of occasions in the series.

He now is India's third highest-ranked batsman after Cheteshwar Pujara (4) and Virat Kohli (5), who lost two and one place respectively.

Rahul is ahead of Ajinkya Rahane (14th, up by three places) and Murali Vijay (34th, down by four places).

In the bowling table, spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have retained the top two bowling spots, while pacer Umesh Yadav has claimed a career-high 21st position following his impressive performance in the fourth Test.

Yadav took two for 69 and three for 29 in the match, earning him a rise of five places.

In the all-rounders' list, Jadeja replaced Ahwin in the second position to be behind top-ranked Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan.

Jadeja took four wickets and scored 63 runs in Dharamsala to walk away with the player of the match and player of the series awards.

Australia captain Steve Smith has successfully defended his number-one position and is currently 61 points ahead of his New Zealand opposite number, Kane Williamson, who has moved up two places to second following his 176 in the Hamilton Test.

Smith had entered the series against India, leading Kohli by 38 points, and finished as the most successful batsman with 499 runs in eight innings.

Kohli, on the other hand, had a forgettable series as he could score just 46 runs in his 5 innings. 15 was his highest score in the series. Kohli was ruled out of the fourth and final Test after he sustained an injury during 3rd Test.

OneIndia News

Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:45 [IST]
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