ICC test ranking Sachin Tendulkar has closed the gap in Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to score only two points at the top of the mobile unit ICC Test Rankings after his 50th Test century in the Centurion Test that ended on Monday. According to a statement from the ICC, Tendulkar is on 880 points to 882 points, while Jacques Kallis Sangakkara has risen to third place courtesy his double hundred to India in the opening of India Virender Sehwag Centurion.Dashing fell one place to down to fourth. However, apart from VVS Laxman who is 15 on the list, there is no other Indian player in the list of top-20 hitters.
consistently Shane Watson in the series of ash has been increased from 13 other places to detect 13, leading to a high rating of his career after his performances in Perth, while the double failure in the match Kevin Pietersen has sent in the direction opposite in the standings, nine points for a common position-25 with Ian Bell. Jonathan Trott also fell four places to tenth spot.Mitchell Johnson exceptional performance in Perth, taking 6-38 and 3-44, is rewarded with a fourth place ranking, up three places, although still behind Morne Morkel who also jumps three spots to third after winning match figures of 7-114 against India.
Australia India hosted by the Border Gavaskar Trophy with two tests which the hosts won. The series also saw Tendulkar crossing 14,000 runs and return to the first position in the ranking of the ICC test for the first time since 2002.In the second test in Bangalore, the nation saw the debut of young Cheteshwar Pujara, who came at No. 3 instead of Rahul Dravid in the second innings as India chased 207 for victory in the series. The 22-year-old scored a fine 72 and with Tendulkar (53 not out) to establish a window of seven India.However victory in the list of Test bowlers, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh were placed seventh and tenth, respectively. But both the Indian bowlers have lost three high and two places in the list of classifications. Ishant Sharma is an Indian bowler who has declared the 15 th position among the top-20.Dale Steyn and Graeme Swann to continue as the top two in the list of bowlers' followed by Morne Morkel and Mitchell Johnson, both of which have even three places of their former range to be third and fourth respectively.
