India's ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has made a leap of six places to reach a career-best ranking of 14th in the Badminton World Federation rankings released on Thursday. Kashyap recently triumphed in the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix event. The title win in Lucknow was the 26-year-old's maiden one in tier three event.In the Women's section, PV Sindhu, also reached her career-best ranking of 19 after gaining five places. Sindhu had lost in the singles final of the Syed Modi tournament.Shuttle queen and London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal will end the year as the third best in the world. The top two spots are being held by the Chinese duo of Li Xuerui and Wang Yihan. Saina had pulled out of the Lucknow event in controversial circumstances.The men's list is being headed by Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei followed by China's Chen Long.London Games gold medallist Lin Dan from China is in the fourth place behind Chen Jin.