Dubai: Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin were the only two Indian cricketers to figure in the ICC's latest Test rankings in batting and bowling respectively. While Pujara retained the number seven position with 777 ranking points in the batting chart, Ashwin was static at number six in the bowling list with 757 points to his kitty.
The batting was headed by South Africa's Hashim Amla, followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul and A B de Villiers of South Africa. South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn led the bowling list with 905 points. Steyn was followed by countryman Vernon Philander and Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath.
The biggest mover in the batting table was captain Zimbabwe Brendan Taylor, whose 171 and 102 not out against Bangladesh has earned him a career-best ranking of 29th. He achieved this after jumping 41 places and was the highest-ranked batsman from either side.
Graeme Cremer, who contributed 42 and 43, and also featured in a 106-run seventh wicket partnership with Taylor in the first innings, also broke into the top 100 for the first time in 100th position, after rising 25 places....
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02:26 PM, Apr 21, 2013
South Africa are the fourth team after Australia, India and England to hold the mace. ...
06:33 PM, Mar 28, 2013
In the latest rankings released Wednesday, the 30-year-old Shillingford jumped a whopping 18 spots to be 23rd, to be the biggest mover. ...
02:11 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Pujara has jumped five places to a best-ever seventh position with 777 ratings points while Ashwin is now at a best-ever sixth spot. ...
02:33 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Not only are South Africa on top of the Test team rankings, they dominate the individual categories too. ...
11:13 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Graeme Smith's side retained the Test Championship Mace in December 2012 after they defeated Australia 1-0. ...
04:47 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Tendulkar slipped out of the list of top-20 Test batsmen after his awful run in the just-concluded four-match series against England. ...
07:31 PM, Dec 18, 2012
India, however, dropped a ratings point to 105, and are now four-points behind Pakistan who are placed at the fourth. ...
04:44 PM, Dec 17, 2012
England won by 10 and seven wickets respectively in Mumbai and Kolkata to lead 2-1 and move within sight of a first series win in India since 1985. ...
08:02 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Pragyan Ojha remained in 5th position while Sachin Tendulkar slipped down to 19th in the ICC Test rankings. ...
06:09 PM, Dec 09, 2012
South Africa, who have not lost an away Test series since 2006, will host NZ for a two Tests next. ...
03:25 PM, Dec 05, 2012
The reliable Chanderpaul leads Clarke by a single ratings point to regain his position at the top. ...
12:10 PM, Dec 05, 2012
While Sachin Tendulkar was the only Indian batsman to have found a place in the top-20 list. ...
04:48 PM, Dec 04, 2012
South Africa retained the No. 1 position after their series victory over Australia, while India may achieve No. 3 spot if they beat England in the remaining two Tests. ...
03:08 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Ashwin's 12 for 85 against NZ in the first Test has helped him vault 19 places to a career-best 25th position in Test rankings. ...
06:23 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Graeme Smith said that Mark Boucher played an integral part of getting South Africa to No. 1 position. ...
05:18 PM, Aug 22, 2012
A 2-0 Test series victory against New Zealand would earn India two rating points but that won't change their position in the Test ranking table. ...
09:54 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Hashim Amla has reclaimed the No. 2 spot for batsmen while Jacques Kallis has slipped from the top of the allrounders' list. ...
07:09 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander put up superlative show, which enabled South Africa to dethrone England. ...
04:19 PM, Aug 21, 2012
However, Pietersen has returned to the top 10 after smashing a century against South Africa in the second Test. ...
05:27 PM, Aug 07, 2012
