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Test rankings: Ashwin, Kohli go up
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday broke into the top 20 of ICC’s Test Rankings for the first time at a career-best 18th spot after guiding the team to a series whitewash over New Zealand at home.
The 25-year-old from Chennai, who took five for 69 in New Zealand’s second innings in the second Test at Bangalore, jumped seven places on the chart.
The off-spinner finished the two-match Test series with 18 wickets, and gained 26 places on the bowlers’ table. Ashwin, who was named player of the series, also achieved a career-high rating of 591.
Ashwin’s team-mate, Pragyan Ojha, ended with a match haul of seven for 148 and moved up a place to 14th, which is his career-best ranking. Ojha’s overall rating of 675 is also his best-ever rating.
For New Zealand, fast bowler Tim Southee, who returned career-best figures of seven for 64 in India’s first innings, has jumped 10 places to 40th. His overall rating of 432 is also his career-best to date, the ICC said in a statement.
India pace bowlers Zaheer Khan (15th) and Umesh Yadav (48th) slipped a place each.
The rankings for Test bowlers is still headed by South Africa’s Dale Steyn, with teammate Vernon Philander and Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan in second and third positions, respectively.
The two centurions in the Bangalore Test, New Zealand captain Ross Taylor and India’s Virat Kohli, made upward movements in the batting chart. Kohli, who scored 103 and 51 not out, has vaulted 12 places to achieve a career-best ranking of 35. Taylor, who made 113 and 35, has moved up six places to 12th.
While MS Dhoni moved up to 36th (up by 2), Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag went down five and one places to 16th and 23rd respectively. Gautam Gambhir (38) and Cheteshwar Pujara (58) both lost two places .
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakarra remains the top-ranked batsman, followed by South Africa’s Hashim Amla and West Indies veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul in second and third positions, respectively.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday broke into the top 20 of ICC’s Test Rankings for the first time at a career-best 18th spot after guiding the team to a series whitewash over New Zealand at home.
The 25-year-old from Chennai, who took five for 69 in New Zealand’s second innings in the second Test at Bangalore, jumped seven places on the chart.
The off-spinner finished the two-match Test series with 18 wickets, and gained 26 places on the bowlers’ table. Ashwin, who was named player of the series, also achieved a career-high rating of 591.
Ashwin’s team-mate, Pragyan Ojha, ended with a match haul of seven for 148 and moved up a place to 14th, which is his career-best ranking. Ojha’s overall rating of 675 is also his best-ever rating.
For New Zealand, fast bowler Tim Southee, who returned career-best figures of seven for 64 in India’s first innings, has jumped 10 places to 40th. His overall rating of 432 is also his career-best to date, the ICC said in a statement.
India pace bowlers Zaheer Khan (15th) and Umesh Yadav (48th) slipped a place each.
The rankings for Test bowlers is still headed by South Africa’s Dale Steyn, with teammate Vernon Philander and Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan in second and third positions, respectively.
The two centurions in the Bangalore Test, New Zealand captain Ross Taylor and India’s Virat Kohli, made upward movements in the batting chart. Kohli, who scored 103 and 51 not out, has vaulted 12 places to achieve a career-best ranking of 35. Taylor, who made 113 and 35, has moved up six places to 12th.
While MS Dhoni moved up to 36th (up by 2), Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag went down five and one places to 16th and 23rd respectively. Gautam Gambhir (38) and Cheteshwar Pujara (58) both lost two places .
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakarra remains the top-ranked batsman, followed by South Africa’s Hashim Amla and West Indies veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul in second and third positions, respectively.
