The veteran Indian spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin has now reached 5th place in the latest ICC players’ rankings for the all-rounders following his brilliant show with the bat and the ball against England in the second match while his skipper Virat Kohli has retained his place at fifth among batsmen.
Ravichandran Ashwin feels that the game of cricket is everything to him, and he often feels lost when the game isn’t happening. On Tuesday Ashwin revealed how he honed his skills during the Covid-induced lockdown and touched upon how he was not desperate to succeed in the recent tour of Australia where India managed to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against all odds.
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Ashwin played a dominating knock of 106 in India’s second innings and took eight wickets with his off-spin in the second Test against England in Chennai, which the hosts won by 317 runs on Tuesday. He has logged 336 points in a list headed by West Indian Jason Holder (407 points).
Ashwin’s spin bowling partner Ravindra Jadeja has also retained his second place with 403 points, followed by Ben Stokes (397) of England and Shakib Al Hasan (352) of Bangladesh.
The 34-year-old Ashwin remained static at seventh among Test bowlers with 804 points while the Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested from the Chennai Test, also retained his eighth spot with 761 points with Australian pacer Pat Cummins (908) topping the chart.
Kohli, who made 0 and 62 in Chennai, retained the fifth position among batsmen with 838 points. Kane Williamson (919) of New Zealand retained the top position with Steve Smith (891) of Australia in the second position.
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Another Australian Marnus Labuschagne (878) moved up to third while England captain Joe Root (869) slipped to fourth after his two innings of 6 and 33 in the Chennai Test. Another Indian Cheteshwar Pujara — 21 and 7 in Chennai — slipped to eighth place with 727 points.
