Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli India's only batsmen in top 20 in latest ICC Test rankings



In the latest ICC Test rankings, Cheteshwar Pujara remains the highest ranked Indian batsman after retaining his position at No. 6, followed by Virat Kohli at No. 20, who also hasn’t made a move in his ranking.
Pujara scored a century  at Wankhede against West Indies in Sachin Tendulkar‘s last Test match, and currently averages 65.50 after 15 matches in Test cricket. Virat Kohli’s highest score in the series which India won 2-0, was 57. However, he remains static at No. 20 in the rankings.
AB de Villiers is also static at the top of the rankings for batsmen in Tests, followed by his teammate Hashim Amla. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who played his 150th Test in the recent series against India, is at the third pedestal.
England captain Alastair Cook is back in top 10 after moving one position up in rankings to No. 10. David Warner gained the most, jumping 18 places to be ranked in top 20 for the first time in his career, at No. 17. Warner’s 124 in the first Ashes Test at Brisbane helped him make this jump.

Top 20 Test batsmen:
  1. AB de Villiers – South Africa
  2. Hashim Amla – South Africa
  3. Shivnarine Chanderpaul – West Indies
  4. Michael Clarke – Australia
  5. Kumar Sangakkara – Sri Lanka
  6. Cheteshwar Pujara – India
  7. Misbah-ul-Haq – Pakistan
  8. Graeme Smith – South Africa
  9. Younus Khan – Pakistan
  10. Alastair Cook – England
  11. Ian Bell – England
  12. Ross Taylor – New Zealand
  13. Jacques Kallis – South Africa
  14. Kevin Pietersen – England
  15. Jonathan Trott – England
  16. Asad Shafiq – Pakistan
  17. David Warner – Australia
  18. Mahela Jayawardene – Sri Lanka
  19. Marlon Samuels – West Indies
  20. Virat Kohli – India
In Test bowling, South Africa’s Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander continue to occupy the top two positions respectively. India’s first entry comes at No. 5, where Ravichandran Ashwin remains unmoved. Same is the case with Pragyan Ojha, who at No. 9, hasn’t moved in the rankings.
Mitchell Johnson’s 9-wicket haul in the first Ashes Test at Brisbane earned him a recall in the top 20 and he’s jumped four places to be ranked No. 19 in the latest rankings. Another bowler who gained from the Brisbane Test was England’s Stuart Broad, who moved up four places to be ranked No. 7.
However, Zaheer Khan, who made a comeback to India’s Test squad today, is now ranked No. 20, two pedestals lower than his previous ranking.

Top 20 Test bowlers:
  1. Dale Steyn – South Africa
  2. Vernon Philander – South Africa
  3. Rangana Herath – Sri Lanka
  4. Saeed Ajmal – Pakistan
  5. Ravichandran Ashwin – India
  6. Ryan Harris – Australia
  7. Stuart Broad – England
  8. Peter Siddle – Australia
  9. Pragyan Ojha – India
  10. Graeme Swann – England
  11. James Anderson – England
  12. Abdur Rehman – Pakistan
  13. Morne Morkel – South Africa
  14. Kemar Roach – West Indies
  15. Ben Hilfenhaus – Australia
  16. Shane Shillingford – West Indies
  17. Shakib-al-Hasan – Bangladesh
  18. Nathan Lyon – Australia
  19. Mitchell Johnson – Australia
  20. Zaheer Khan – India
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin remains the top ranked all-rounder in Test cricket.

Top 10 Test all-rounders
  1. Ravichandran Ashwin – India
  2. Shakib-al-Hasan – Bangladesh
  3. Jacques Kallis – South Africa
  4. Stuart Broad – England
  5. Vernon Philander – South Africa
  6. Graeme Swann – England
  7. Shane Watson – Australia
  8. Mitchell Johnson – Australia
  9. Peter Siddle – Australia
  10. Darren Sammy – West Indies

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