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ICC Test Rankings: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli drop down; Murali Vijay breaks into top 30

Murali Vijay jumps into the top 30

Dubai, July 14 (IANS) Indian top order batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have dropped several places in the latest ICC rankings released on Monday.

While Pujara slid a place to be ranked eighth, Kohli slipped three places to go out of the top-10 to be ranked No.13.

However, opener Murali Vijay has shown upward movement. The 30-year-old from Chennai scored 146 and 52 and has jumped 12 places to 30th. He is now India's fourth highest-ranked batsman after Pujara (eighth), Kohli (13th) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (27th).

In the ICC rankings for Test bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one of the biggest movers. Bhuvneshwar picked up 5/82 in England's only innings at Nottingham which has allowed him to break into the top-50 for the first time in his career. He now sits in 46th spot after jumping 27 places.

Offie Ravichandran Ashwin, who was not part of the playing XI against England, has also thus dropped a place and is ranked No.8. He, however, remained static in the all-rounders rankings, staying put at No.2.

The top ten ranked batsmen in the world:

Rank Players Country Points
1 AB de Villiers South Africa 922
2 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 896
3 Hashim Amla South Africa 873
4 David Warner Australia 871
5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 854
6 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 824
7 Michael Clarke Australia 818
8 Cheteshwar Pujara India 812
9 Ross Taylor New Zealand 795
10 Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka 761

 

The top ten ranked bowlers in the world:

Rank Players Country Points
1 Dale Steyn South Africa 898
2 Ryan Harris Australia 870
3 Vernon Philander South Africa 865
4 Mitchell Johnson Australia 844
5 Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 787
6 Tim Southee New Zealand 783
7 Rangana Herath Sri Lanka 739
8 Trent Boult New Zealand 737
8 R Ashwin India 737
10 Stuart Broad England 734
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