Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has made a fine start to his Test career, has achieved a career-high of 858 points and is currently 70th on the all-time ICC rankings.
Jaiswal, who made his Test debut in July 2023, has made 2,209 runs at an average of 50.20. He has already broken several records in his short career: The seventh-fastest to 1,000 Test runs, Jaiswal is just one of three Indians with a Test double hundred below the age of 23.
The Mumbaikar, who did not have a score between 84 and 161 in Test cricket before the England series, has six hundreds and 12 fifties. He also holds the Indian record of being the joint-fastest to 2,000 Test runs, getting to the feat in 40 innings, joint with Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid.
Last year, Jaiswal also broke the record of hitting the most sixes in a calendar year. He finished with 36 maximums, breaking Brendon McCullum’s ten-year record.
Jaiswal’s average of 50.20 is also the fourth-highest amongst Indians with at least 2,000 Test runs, after Sachin Tendulkar (53.78), Rahul Dravid (52.31) and Sunil Gavaskar (51.12). Jaiswal, who has Test hundreds in four of the five countries he has played in, achieved his career-best ICC Test batting ranking of No.2 last November. He is currently ranked No.5 in the latest update, with his highest rating point of 858 being achieved during the recent England series, where he scored 411 runs in five Tests.
Also Read: Wisden's current World Test XI
His rise has now pushed him amongst the legends in the all-time Test rankings, which is calculated based on the highest rating points achieved by a cricketer. Jaiswal is currently No.70 in the all-time list, but has pushed himself to No.10 in the national rankings.
Virat Kohli, whose best ranking points of 937, achieved against England in 2018, is one of two Indians with more than 900 points in the list. Gavaskar, with 916, is the other.
Overall, 12 batters from Indian find themselves within the top 100 of the best-ever ICC Test batting player rankings, and only six have played this century.
India’s all-time Test batters in the ICC rankings
| India rankings | Player | Highest ICC batting rating points | All-time peak ICC batting ranking |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 937 | No.11 |
| 2 | Sunil Gavaskar | 916 | No.26 |
| 3 | Sachin Tendulkar | 898 | No.34 |
| 4 | Rahul Dravid | 892 | No.39 |
| 5 | Cheteshwar Pujara | 888 | No.41 |
| 6 | Gautam Gambhir | 886 | No.43 |
| 7 | Gundappa Viswanath | 871 | No.63 |
| 8 | Vijay Hazare | 870 | No.64 |
| 9 | Virender Sehwag | 866 | No.68 |
| 10 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 858 | No.70 |
| 11 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 837 | No.83 |
| 12 | Ajinkya Rahane | 825 | No.87 |
Follow Wisden for all England vs India updates, including live scores, latest news, team lineups, schedule and more. The live streaming details for the ENG vs IND series in India, UK, USA and rest of the world can be found here. For Wisden quizzes, head here.
