India loses two points but remains No. 1

July 12, 2011 01:39 am | Updated November 17, 2021 01:33 am IST - Dubai:

India maintained its No. 1 status in the latest ICC Test Rankings but lost a couple of rating points after drawing two matches in the 1-0 series triumph over a lower-ranked West Indies.

Leading the points table, India now has 126 points while the seventh-placed West Indies (88) has gained two rating points despite losing the three-match series which concluded on Sunday.

South Africa (117) is the second-placed team, followed by England (116).

Among the players, Harbhajan Singh has moved one place to seventh. The offie took 11 wickets and interestingly replaced teammate and Man-of-the series Ishant Sharma, who had an impressive tally of 22 wickets in three matches.

The off-spinner took six wickets in the final Test and in the process passed the 400-wicket mark.

Breakthrough

Praveen Kumar broke into the top 50 for the first time. The medium-pacer from Uttar Pradesh walked away with four wickets in the final Test and is now ranked 42nd.

West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards achieved his career-best ranking 16th, a gain of two places. He holds the 16th place jointly with South Africa spinner Paul Harris.

The top three remain unchanged with Dale Steyn of South Africa still leading the way ahead of England's Graeme Swann in second position and James Anderson in third.

Among the batsmen, West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul rose to seventh following his match-saving 116 not out in the second innings at Roseau.

No change in top five

The top five remain unchanged with Jacques Kallis of South Africa still leading the way ahead of India's Sachin Tendulkar in second position. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Tendulkar, who did not play in the West Indies series, have fallen back because a player loses one per cent of his ratings points for every Test he misses.

There was no change in the top five of the player rankings for Test all-rounders with Kallis leading the way, followed by New Zealand's Daniel Vettori.

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