New Delhi: India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on Wednesday broke into the top-20 of the ICC Test Rankings, rising 14 spots to 15th in the batting charts after scoring back-to-back double centuries in the ongoing series against England.
Jaiswal smashed an unbeaten 214 in the third Test of the five-match series against England in Rajkot and resultantly joined compatriots Virat Kohli and Vinod Kambli in the elite list of seven batters to have scored double tons in successive Tests.
Jaiswal had earlier scored 209 in India’s first innings in the second Test at Visakhapatnam. While that contribution helped India notch up a 106-run victory over the visitors, his second double-hundred led to the home team’s landslide 434-run win that took them 2-1 up in the five-match series.
India captain Rohit Sharma moved up one spot to 12th in the batting list after scoring 131 in the first innings at Rajkot, while Shubman Gill (91) gained three places to 35th after coming close to a century in the second innings.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was the player-of-the-match in Rajkot, also climbed up in the batting rankings from the 41st to 34th position after his knock of 112 in the first innings.
Star batter Virat Kohli, who is not playing in the series due to personal reasons, remains the only Indian in the top-10 batters’ chart at the seventh spot.
