Gambhir reached his career-high rankings after a stellar performance against England in Mohali.
DUBAI: Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir jumped 10 places to the 10th spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings to become the highest ranked Indian.
Gambhir reached his career-high rankings after a stellar performance against England in Mohali. The 27-year-old was also adjudged the Man of the Match after his 179 and 97 in both the innings.
While Gambhir moved up, his teammates Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman have slipped in the latest rankings.
England captain Kevin Pietersen has returned to the top five for the first time in 14 months and now sits in fifth place after jumping three places due to a magnificent innings of 144.
Meanwhile, Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies has strengthened his hold on the top of the rankings by becoming only the 25th batsman in the history of Tests and the sixth West Indian to reach the magic 900-point mark.
The 34-year-old from Guyana, who won the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2008 award in Dubai, reached the milestone while making 126 not out in the first innings against New Zealand in the Napier Test which ended in a draw Tuesday.
Chanderpaul has been joined in the top 20 by his captain Chris Gayle who has climbed seven places to 20th after an impressive 197 in the second innings at Napier. It is the best ranking of his career to date.
There was no good news for Australia as captain Ricky Ponting dropped three places to ninth in the batting list - his lowest ranking since October 2002. Mike Hussey has slipped two places to sixth, Michael Clarke has dropped one place to 12th and Matthew Hayden has slipped three places to 16th.
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