Saurav Ghosal becomes India's highest ranked squash player

Saurav Ghosal during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea

By rising to equal his career-best rank of 15 from 19 last month, in the PSA list, Saurav Ghosal is today the highest ranked Indian, men and women put together, as per the September rating. Dipika Pallikal who had the led field was placed at 17, a rung higher than last month.

Among others the biggest progress was made by Kush Kumar who jumped from 152 to 115 this month. Much credit for this improvement came from his recent trip to Australia to play a series of PSA tournament. He had won one (Tasmania Open) and fared more than satisfactorily in the others.

From the international point of view the biggest happening in this month’s rating was the dislodging of world number one Nicol David of Malaysia by Egyptian Raneem El Welily. Nicol had steadfastly kept the number one spot to herself ever since 2006.

Following are the latest ranking of Indians with the previous month’s in the bracket:

Men: Saurav Ghosal 15 (19) ; Mahesh Mangaonkar 52 (50); Harinder Pal Sandhu 56 (59); Kush Kumar 115 (152)

Women: Dipika Pallikal 17( 18); Joshna Chinappa 24 (27); Sachika Ingale 90 (94).