Devdutt Padikkal, Sonal Dinusha reach career-best Test rankings after Sri Lanka heroics

India’s number three batter Devdutt Padikkal struck 117 in the first innings to advance from 59th to a career-best 54th and Dhruv Jurel’s unbeaten 115 has taken him from 83rd to 65th. Sri Lanka batter Pasindu Sooriyabandara made 80 and 92 in just his second Test to move up a whopping 170 places to 74th and Kamindu Mendis is back in the top 10 after his second-innings half-century.

Sri Lanka seam bowler Asitha Fernando has moved up four places to 11th, India spinner Manav Suthar has gone up four slots to 44th and Mohammed Siraj has inched up one slot to 17th position.

In other notable movements, England fast bowlers Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue continue to be on the ascent in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings after spearheading their team to a decisive 2-0 lead over Pakistan in the ICC World Test Championship series at Lord’s.

Robinson, Player of the Match in both Tests, grabbed four wickets in each innings to finish with impressive match figures of eight for 35. He is now fifth, just a slot below a career-best fourth position achieved in February 2023. His latest gain of six slots means he has progressed 22 places since the start of the series.

Tongue picked up five wickets in the match to move up four places to a career-best 13th position, 20 places up in the series.

Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Abbas has also gained on the back of some consistence performances, his nine-wicket match haul lifting him up 10 places to joint-15th. Mohammad Ali has moved up 11 slots to reach 81st position after finishing with five wickets in the match.

Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel has gained big, his second-innings 97 lifting him 15 places to 18th. He is now the second-highest ranked batter from his country behind captain Babar Azam, who has slipped five places to 15th position.

England’s Jordan Cox (up six places to 76th) and Dan Lawrence (up 10 places to 92nd) have also progressed in the batting rankings.

In the latest update which also considers performances in the second match of the ICC World Test Championship series between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sonal Dinusha’s twin centuries have helped him reach a career-best 25th position with an impressive Test average of 86.57 in his first five Tests.

In the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, South Africa’s Dewald Brevis has attained a career-best fourth position, his scores of 75 versus Namibia and 75 not out and 41 against Zimbabwe in an ongoing tri-series in Windhoek lifting him six slots. Namibia’s Jan Frylinck (up eight places to 98th) is another one to move up the batters’ list while Zimbabwe’s Brad Evans has advanced eight slots to 26th in the rankings for bowlers.

(Inputs: ICC Media Release)