Top 7 Indian Players who Achieve best Rating in Yo-Yo tests

In the past few years, Yo-yo tests have been a big part of the Indian cricket team’s fitness routine and they were introduced by strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu in 2017, yo-yo tests measure cricketer. Players like Yuvraj Singh, Sanju Samson, and Ambati Rayudu garnered a lot of limelight when they failed the yo-yo test in the past, while Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya are regarded as some of the highest scorers in the yo-yo test.

A yo-yo test score in cricket is calculated by measuring the number of shuttles done by a player at a specific speed level. During a yo-yo test, athletes begin with a speed level of 5 which involves one shuttle, and the test can go up to speed level 23 which is the highest one.

For example, reaching speed level 16 and then completing three shuttle runs at that level would be recorded as 16.3. Here’s a look at the five Indian cricketers who have the highest score in yo-yo tests.

7. Rishabh Pant 17.3

Rishabh Pant was body-shamed for his weight but the youngster worked really hard on his fitness. Since then, the Indian wicketkeeper maintained fitness levels and chipped in with a score of 17.3 in Yo-Yo test.

6 Ashish Nehra – 18.5

The left-arm fast bowler, Ashish Nehra has been known for been injured most of the time in his career, but that didn’t stop him from being one of the yo-yo test’s best performers. Despite taking the yo-yo test towards the end of his career, Ashish Nehra was good enough to get a rating of 18.5. He revealed his score in an interview earlier.

Nehra admitted that past experiences with the blip test in 2002-03 and his love for running allowed him to score so highly in the yo-yo test.

5 Hardik Pandya 19

Hardik Pandya is also one of the fittest Indian players. He has taken exceptional catches and has saved important runs for the side. He chipped in with a score of 19 in Yo-Yo test.

4 Virat Kohli 19

Indian captain Virat Kohli is one of the fittest players in the world right now. The run-machine has earlier stated that his batting improved extremely well due to his fitness. He scored 19 as far as fitness test is concerned.

3 Manish Pandey – 19.2

Apart from being a great fielder, Manish Pandey also holds the tag of having a better score in the yo-yo test score than Virat Kohli. The batsman’s yo-yo Test score of 19.2 from 2017 makes him one of the fittest players to play for India.

2 Mayank Dagar – 19.3

Manish Pandey’s yo-yo test record was broken by a young cricket from Himachal Pradesh, Mayank Dagar in July 2018. The 24-year-old was part of Kings XI Punjab in 2018. Dagar is the nephew of former star opener Virender Sehwag. While he never earned his maiden IPL cap, he made headlines for his outstanding performance in the yo-yo test.

1 Ahmed Banday – 19.4

Surprisingly, the top spot in the yo-yo test race goes to Jammu and Kashmir’s opening batsman Ahmed Banday, who is comparatively an unknown face. The youngster notched up a score of 19.4 during the 2018 domestic season, which remains the highest score recorded by an Indian cricketer to date.

virat kholi - The King of Cricket

India is one of the most blessed countries when it comes to producing outstanding batsmen. Over the years we have witnessed so many batting legends who have played for Team India.

Cricket will always remember the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, and many more. In 2008, a newbie debuted for Indian team and his name was Virat Kohli. With his courage and passion for the game, Kohli very quickly made a name for himself as the king of cricket.

Since his arrival in International cricket, Virat Kohli has been in the spotlight. Apart from his aggressive nature, he has made millions of fans by his performances. He is surely one of the most composed and stylish batsmen in the history of cricket. He is very elegant and it is a real treat to watch him play. Kohli is on the verge of excellence and has already proved himself as one of the greatest player born ever in international cricket.

Kohli has been trampling and crashing records with ease. He has dominated each country and has made a name of himself as the number one in modern-day cricket. Numbers speak for the greatness of Kohli.

This batting beast has already scored 60 international hundreds in only 347 matches and with his current form he can easily pass through Jacques Kallis (62), Kumar Sangakkara (63) and Sachin Tendulkar (100) to become the very best.

Run machine Kohli averages tremendously in each format of the game. In 86 Test matches, he has scored 7240 runs with an average of 53.62 and has scored 27 hundred and 22 fifties. In ODIs, he has scored 11867 runs in 248 appearances with an outstanding average of 59.33 and has scored 43 hundred and 58 half centuries already. In the shortest format of the game, he averages 50.80 after 82 games.