Feed Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan returned to the top 10 of the ICC Test rankings after the two-Test series against Bangladesh ended on Wednesday. More... Thursday 28th January 2010 Tendulkar, Zaheer back in top 10 Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan returned to the top 10 of the ICC Test rankings after the two-Test series against Bangladesh ended on Wednesday. Tendulkar, who started the second Test in 13th position, has jumped four places to ninth position after hitting his 45th career century. Tendulkar scored a well-constructed 143 to set the platform for a 10-wicket victory for India. Tendulkar had entered the series in 14th spot but has gained six places as he also scored 105 not out and 16 in the first Test in Chittagong. This is the first time since December 2005 that Tendulkar has returned to the top 10 while the last time he headed the batting table was in August 2002 after the Leeds Test against England. Besides Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid has also moved up the order. Dravid, who scored 111 before being retired hurt, has jumped four places to occupy 15th position. However, VVS Laxman has lost ground and has dropped four places to 19th spot after missing out on the second Test due to injury. A player loses one per cent of his rating for every Test he misses. While top-ranked Gautam Gambhir has extended his advantage over South Africa’s Graeme Smith and Virender Sehwag has consolidated his sixth position, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is the other batsman to make an upward movement in the latest rankings that were released on Tuesday. Tamim scored nought and 151 in Mirpur and has vaulted 13 places to share 42nd spot with New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum. Zaheer Khan has become India’s highest-ranked bowler in sixth position. Zaheer has jumped five places after recording his maiden 10-wicket haul in the match. Zaheer finished with figures of 10-149 to win the man-of-the-match award. Harbhajan Singh, however, has slipped two places to eighth position after managing just two wickets. In the rankings for Test all-rounders, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan has slipped one place to fifth. Meanwhile, India has earned one ratings point for its 2-0 win over Bangladesh which puts it on 125 ratings points. Mahendra Singh’s Dhoni’s side now leads second-ranked South Africa by five ratings points. This sets up an enthralling two-Test series between the two top-ranked teams, starting in Nagpur from 6 February with India trying to defend its position at the top of the table while South Africa aiming to regain the spot it conceded on December 6. To regain the top spot, South Africa needs to win the series by 1-0 or better. However, the Proteas will slip behind Australia in third position if India wins both the Tests. Link to comment
Show_stopper Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 About time Zak broke into the top 10. Well done to him. Link to comment
Karan114 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 ^^ Dude Zak has been in the top 10 a few times in the last 1-2 years Link to comment
zubinpepsi Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 how the fk ponting manages to be in top 5 both in tests and ODI.. he dint do anything in ODIs.. but for this 209 his test stats also was absymal.. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Now time for Dravid to join the top 10 as well. Link to comment
Show_stopper Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 ^^ Dude Zak has been in the top 10 a few times in the last 1-2 years Really? Must have missed it..the few times I bothered checking the bowler rankings Harbhajan was the only Indian in top 10. Link to comment
Karan114 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 ^^ Yep Bhajji has been more consistently in the top 10 but Zak has been in there a few times too Link to comment
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