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Gambhir keeps 10th spot

Dubai: Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir retains his 10th spot while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh moved up one place to seventh in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test rankings issued on Thursday. Gambhir, who scored 1134 runs in 2008, including three centuries in his last four Tests, is the highest-ranked Indian batsman.

His opening partner Virender Sehwag, who scored 1462 runs in 2008, is at 13th spot while Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman, both of whom also scored more than 1000 runs in 2008, jumped two places each to share joint 16th spot.

The Test batsmen’s chart is still headed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who is currently the only batsman in the world with over 900 ratings points. The top ten: Test batsmen: 1. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 2. Mohd. Yousuf, 3. Kumar Sangakkara, 4. Mahela Jayawardena, 5. Kevin Pietersen, 6. Ricky Ponting, 7. Graeme Smith, 8. Younis Khan, 9. Michael Clarke, 10. Gautam. Gambhir. Test bowlers: Muttiah Muralitharan, 2. Dale Steyn, 3. Makhaya Ntini, 4. Stuart Clark, 5. Mitchell Johnson, 6. Ryan Sidebottom, 7. Harbhajan Singh, 8. Shoaib Akhtar, 9. Brett Lee, 10. Chaminda Vaas. — Agencies

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