Ravindra Jadeja’s performance in India’s last Test victory over Sri Lanka in Mohali has propelled him to the top of the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings. With the bat, his unbeaten 175 moved him up to 37th from 54th, while with the ball, he added nine wickets to move up to 17th.

Coming in at No. 7, Jadeja scored his second Test century and forged long partnerships to help India reach 8-574 after electing to bat first.

Since his debut in 2012, he has appeared in 58 Tests for India, amassing 2,370 runs at a 36.46 average. He has 241 wickets to his credit, with ten five-wicket hauls. 

Ashwin passed Kapil Dev on India’s all-time Test wicket-taking record with six wickets in the same match, putting him second behind only Anil Kumble.

Nobody has ever taken 10 wickets in a Test match while also scoring 150 runs, although it was the sixth time a male Test player has scored 150 runs while also taking five wickets in an innings, and the first since Mushtaq Mohammad’s 201 and 5-49 against New Zealand in 1973.

Jadeja is one of just three players in history to score more than 2000 Test runs at 30 or above and more than 200 Test wickets at less than 25. Imran Khan and Shaun Pollock are the others.

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