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Sehwag, Harbhajan move up in ICC Rankings
Riding on their match-winning performances in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh climbed up in the ICC rankings.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: August 08, 2008 05:01 PM IST
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Sehwag, who scored a double century and a half-century in the two innings, moved up ten places to 11th in the batting charts. Sehwag single-handedly rescued India's first inings scoring 201. He is now the highest ranked Indian batsman in the latest ICC rankings.
Off-spinner Harbhajan, who took a match haul of ten wickets, cleared seven heads to reach 11th position among the bowlers.
Below Sehwag and inside the top-20 are team-mates Sachin Tendulkar (17th), Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman (joint 18th). Sourav Ganguly is 26th but another big climber is Gautam Gambhir, up 28 spots to 49th.
Anil Kumble remains India's highest-ranked bowler at ninth while Zaheer Khan (18) is next in line.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who started the series at the top of the batting table, is now fifth. He dropped one place after the first match at the Sinhalese Sports Club and has slipped a further three places after the second Test in Galle.
The batting list is headed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul, although he is only narrowly clear of the Australia duo of Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting and Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan.
Muttiah Muralitharan is leading the bowlers rankings while spinner Ajantha Mendis is now 39th in the table after just two Tests, having returned match figures of 10-209 in Galle.
Top-10 batsmen
1. Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (WI)
2. Mike Hussey (Aus)
3. Ricky Ponting (Aus) and Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
5. KC Sangakkara (SL)
6. M Jayawardena (SL)
7. Matthew Hayden (Aus)
8. Jacques Kallis (SA) and Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
10. Younis Khan (Pak)
Top-10 bowlers
1. Muutiah Muralidaran (SL)
2. Stuart Clark (Aus)
3. Dale Steyn (SA)
4. Brett Lee (Aus)
5. Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)
6. Makhaya Ntini (SA)
7. Chaminda Vaas (SL)
8. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)
9. Anil Kumble (Ind)
10. Shane Bond (NZ)
Riding on their match-winning performances in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh climbed up in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings.Sehwag, who scored a double century and a half-century in the two innings, moved up ten places to 11th in the batting charts. Sehwag single-handedly rescued India's first inings scoring 201. He is now the highest ranked Indian batsman in the latest ICC rankings.
Off-spinner Harbhajan, who took a match haul of ten wickets, cleared seven heads to reach 11th position among the bowlers.
Below Sehwag and inside the top-20 are team-mates Sachin Tendulkar (17th), Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman (joint 18th). Sourav Ganguly is 26th but another big climber is Gautam Gambhir, up 28 spots to 49th.
Anil Kumble remains India's highest-ranked bowler at ninth while Zaheer Khan (18) is next in line.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who started the series at the top of the batting table, is now fifth. He dropped one place after the first match at the Sinhalese Sports Club and has slipped a further three places after the second Test in Galle.
The batting list is headed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul, although he is only narrowly clear of the Australia duo of Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting and Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan.
Muttiah Muralitharan is leading the bowlers rankings while spinner Ajantha Mendis is now 39th in the table after just two Tests, having returned match figures of 10-209 in Galle.
Top-10 batsmen
1. Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (WI)
2. Mike Hussey (Aus)
3. Ricky Ponting (Aus) and Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
5. KC Sangakkara (SL)
6. M Jayawardena (SL)
7. Matthew Hayden (Aus)
8. Jacques Kallis (SA) and Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
10. Younis Khan (Pak)
Top-10 bowlers
1. Muutiah Muralidaran (SL)
2. Stuart Clark (Aus)
3. Dale Steyn (SA)
4. Brett Lee (Aus)
5. Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)
6. Makhaya Ntini (SA)
7. Chaminda Vaas (SL)
8. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)
9. Anil Kumble (Ind)
10. Shane Bond (NZ)
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