Test rankings: Ravichandran Ashwin 2nd among all-rounders; Mayank Agarwal jumps 30 places to 11th

Ravichandran Ashwin rose to second place in all-rounder's ranking while Team India opener Mayank Agarwal made a big jump in the ICC Test Rankings, following India's big victory over New Zealand in the second and final Test of the series in Mumbai.

Agarwal gained 30 spots to reach 11th position in the rankings after scoring 150 and 62 across the two innings of Mumbai Test. This is his second-best position in the Test rankings (best being 10th in November 2019).

New Zealand's Ajaz Patel, who became only the third player to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings has moved up 23 slots to 38th after finishing with 14 wickets in the match.

The left-arm spinner’s previous best ranking was 53rd and he had started the series in 62nd position.

Others to move up in the rankings after the Mumbai Test, which was a part of the ICC World Championships, are India opener Shubman Gill (up 21 places to 45th), fast bowler Mohammad Siraj (up four places to 41st) and New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell (up 26 places to 78th).

Ashwin has bridged the gap with top-ranked bowler Pat Cummins after finishing with four wickets in each innings in India's 372-run victory.

Ashwin has gained 43 rating points to reach a total of 883 and is 67 points ahead of third-placed Josh Hazlewood.

He has moved up one place to second among all-rounders even as his compatriot Ravindra Jadeja has slipped to fourth in the list led by West Indies’ Jason Holder.

Holder has gained one spot to reach 14th among bowlers in Wednesday’s update, that also considers performances from the Galle Test that Sri Lanka won by 164 runs to complete a 2-0 series victory and remain atop the ICC World Test Championship points table.

Kraigg Brathwaite (up 10 places to 39th) and Nkrumah Bonner (up 17 places to 42nd) are the batters to move up for the West Indies but the one to gain the most after the Galle Test is Player of the Match Dhananjaya de Silva, who has advanced 12 places to 21st after his unbeaten 155 in the second innings.

Spinners Lasith Embuldeniya and Ramesh Mendis too have made substantial gains. Embuldeniya has gained five slots to reach 32nd position after finishing with seven wickets in the match, while Mendis has progressed 18 places to 39th with an 11-wicket match haul.

Among batters, Rohit Sharma, who did not play in the Mumbai Test, and Virat Kohli (0 and 36) remained on fifth and sixth respectively. 

(Inputs from agency)