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Thu, 01/01/2009 - 16:46
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Gambhir retains 10th spot, Harbhajan gains one place
Dubai, Jan 1 (PTI) Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir
retains his 10th spot while team-mate off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh moved up one place to seventh in the Reliance Mobile ICC
Test rankings issued Thursday.
Gambhir, who scored 1134 runs in 2008 including three
centuries in his last four Tests, is still the highest-ranked
Indian batsman.
His opening partner Virender Sehwag, who scored 1462 runs
in 2008, is at 13th spot while Sachin Tendulkar and VVS
Laxman, both of whom also scored more than 1000 runs in 2008,
jumped two places each to share joint 16th spot.
Harbhajan Singh remained the only Indian at the top 10 in
the Test bowlers' list at the seventh place with 686 rating
points. Pacer Zaheer Khan is at 12th with 630 points in the
list headed by Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan.
The Test batsmen's chart is still headed by West Indian
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who is currently the only batsman in
the world with 900 ratings points or more.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has climbed back up the
rankings to sixth after impressive knocks of 101 and 99 in
Melbourne against South Africa. Ponting has leap-frogged his
opposite number in the South Africa side, Graeme Smith, who
has risen one spot to seventh.
Ponting's team-mate and vice-captain Michael Clarke
climbed three places to reach career-best ninth following his
88 not out in Melbourne while Michael Hussey dropped out of
top 10 for first time since 2006 after a run of low scores in
the two Tests played so far against South Africa.
Outside top 20, South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy has shot
up the rankings by 62 places to 47th after his outstanding
knock of 166 in Melbourne which set up a nine-wicket victory
for the Proteas.
In the Test bowlers' chart, South Africa's Dale Steyn has
narrowed the gap at the top of the table between himself and
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.
Currently 39 points separate the two bowlers and with
both men having two more Tests to play in their respective
series, there is every opportunity for the gap to widen or
decrease further.
Australia's injured fast bowler Brett Lee has dropped two
places to ninth after ending the Melbourne Test with match
figures of 0-117.
South Africa's Jacques Kallis still heads ICC Player
Rankings for Test all-rounders followed by New Zealand captain
Daniel Vettori. PTI PDS
SAK
retains his 10th spot while team-mate off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh moved up one place to seventh in the Reliance Mobile ICC
Test rankings issued Thursday.
Gambhir, who scored 1134 runs in 2008 including three
centuries in his last four Tests, is still the highest-ranked
Indian batsman.
His opening partner Virender Sehwag, who scored 1462 runs
in 2008, is at 13th spot while Sachin Tendulkar and VVS
Laxman, both of whom also scored more than 1000 runs in 2008,
jumped two places each to share joint 16th spot.
Harbhajan Singh remained the only Indian at the top 10 in
the Test bowlers' list at the seventh place with 686 rating
points. Pacer Zaheer Khan is at 12th with 630 points in the
list headed by Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan.
The Test batsmen's chart is still headed by West Indian
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who is currently the only batsman in
the world with 900 ratings points or more.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has climbed back up the
rankings to sixth after impressive knocks of 101 and 99 in
Melbourne against South Africa. Ponting has leap-frogged his
opposite number in the South Africa side, Graeme Smith, who
has risen one spot to seventh.
Ponting's team-mate and vice-captain Michael Clarke
climbed three places to reach career-best ninth following his
88 not out in Melbourne while Michael Hussey dropped out of
top 10 for first time since 2006 after a run of low scores in
the two Tests played so far against South Africa.
Outside top 20, South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy has shot
up the rankings by 62 places to 47th after his outstanding
knock of 166 in Melbourne which set up a nine-wicket victory
for the Proteas.
In the Test bowlers' chart, South Africa's Dale Steyn has
narrowed the gap at the top of the table between himself and
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.
Currently 39 points separate the two bowlers and with
both men having two more Tests to play in their respective
series, there is every opportunity for the gap to widen or
decrease further.
Australia's injured fast bowler Brett Lee has dropped two
places to ninth after ending the Melbourne Test with match
figures of 0-117.
South Africa's Jacques Kallis still heads ICC Player
Rankings for Test all-rounders followed by New Zealand captain
Daniel Vettori. PTI PDS
SAK
