Cheteshwar Pujara moves up in the ICC Test rankings

The Indian batting sensation and newly emerged wall of the team India, Cheteshwar Pujara has moved upward in the latest Test ranking released by the ICC. Improving by one position, Pujara now holds number 5^th position. He was holding number 6^th position earlier. Virat Kohli is still maintaining his 11^th position whereas R. Ashwin is standing firmly on 7^th position among the bowlers.

Pragyan Ojha has however lost one place and has fallen down to 9^th position while Zaheer Khan and Ravinder Jadeja are still holding 22^nd and 23^rd places respectively.

ICC Player Rankings for batsmen stands as follows:

1. AB de Villiers, SA – 912 points

2. S Chanderpaul, WI – 876 points

3. R Taylor, NZ – 871 points

4. HM Amla, SA – 868 points

5. CA Pujara, IND – 851 points

6. KC Sangakkara, SL – 848 points

7. MJ Clarke, AUS – 817 points

8. Misbah-ul-Haq, PAK – 804 points

9. Younus Khan, PAK – 793 points

10. GC Smith, SA – 785 points

Bowler Rankings:

1. VD Philander, SA – 909 points

2. DW Steyn, SA – 901 points

3. RJ Harris, AUS – 866 points

4. R Herath, SL – 826 points

5. Saeed Ajmal, PAK – 799 points

6. PM Siddle, AUS – 779 points

7. R Ashwin, IND – 759 points

8. MG Johnson, AUS – 743 points

9. PP Ojha, IND – 741 points

10. TA Boult, NZ – 729 points

All-rounder rankings:

1. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) 388 points

2. Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) 362

3. Vernon Philander (South Africa) 335

4. Stuart Broad (England) 291

5. Shane Watson (Australia) 260