New Delhi: India may have slipped to fourth in the Test table following a drawn Test in Fatullah, its openers Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan have achieved career-best to date in ICC Test rankings for batsmen. Vijay has moved up three places to 20th, whileDhawan has vaulted 15 places to 45th. Ajinkya Rahane is the other notable mover and despite missing out on a century, he has moved up four places to a career-high 22ndto date.
In the bowlers’ chart, Ravichandran Ashwin’s and Shakib Al Hasan have gained one place each and are now 12thand 16th, respectively.
Meanwhile, shuffling of the pack is on the cards as Sri Lanka and Pakistan go head to head in a three-Test series in Galleon Wednesday.
In a tightly-packed middle of the Reliance ICC Test Championship,Pakistan trails third-ranked New Zealand by two points and is in sixth place (level on 97 points with India and England), while Sri Lanka is one point behind in seventh position.
If Pakistan wins all the three Tests, then it would vault into third place on 105 points, while a 2-1 win would also see Misbah-ul-Haq’s side move into third place on 101 points.
In contrast, Sri Lanka can also gain as many as eight points and move into third position on 104 points if it sweeps the series. Angelo Mathews’ side will rise to third on 100 points if it wins 2-1.
Rank Team Points
1 South Africa 130
2 Australia 111
3 New Zealand 99
4 India 97
5 England 97
6 Pakistan 97
7 Sri Lanka 96
8 West Indies 81
9 Bangladesh 41
10 Zimbabwe 5
Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 15 June, after West Indies-Australia series and one-off Bangladesh-India Test, and before the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 (+3) Steven Smith Aus 913! 56.23 913 v WI at Jamaica 2015
2 (-1) K. Sangakkara SL 909 58.66 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
4 (-1) Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
5 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 841 51.50 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
6 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 836 53.75 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
7 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 815 54.11 872 v NZ at Lord's 2015
8 ( - ) K. Williamson NZ 813 45.70 860 v Eng at Lord's 2015
9 (+2) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 770 49.18 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
10 (-1) David Warner Aus 757 46.82 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
11 (-1) Virat Kohli Ind 755 45.73 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
13 ( - ) Azhar Ali Pak 727 44.23 753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
14 (+1) Michael Clarke Aus 726 50.66 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
19 ( - ) Asad Shafiq Pak 696! 41.92 696 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
20 (+3) Murali Vijay Ind 689! 41.75 689 v Ban at Fatullah 2015
21 (-1) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 673*! 47.65 673 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
22 (+4) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 666*! 47.00 666 v Ban at Fatullah 2015
24 (-2) Mominul Haque Ban 653* 58.75 661 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
27 ( - ) Tamim Iqbal Ban 627 39.67 707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010
29 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 615 39.72 629 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
31 (-1) Darren Bravo WI 591 41.22 709 v Aus at Trinidad 2012
33 ( - ) M. Hafeez Pak 579 39.34 609 v Ban at Khulna 2015
38 (+5) J. Blackwood WI 540* 41.26 575 v Eng at Barbados 2015
40 ( - ) Ahmed Shehzad Pak 532* 47.86 554 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
41 ( - ) Kaushal Silva SL 531* 34.86 541 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
42 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 525 35.40 729 v Eng at Perth 2010
44 (-8) K. Brathwaite WI 520 33.85 591 v Eng at Grenada 2015
45 (+15) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 519*! 41.50 519 v Ban at Fatullah 2015
48 (-3) M.Rahim Ban 501 31.96 604 v Zim at Mirpur 2014
49 (-1) D. Chandimal SL 497* 44.08 571 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 824 29.42 847 v WI at Barbados 2015
3 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 814 27.12 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
4 (-1) Ryan Harris Aus 810 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
5 (+1) Rangana Herath SL 807 29.57 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
6 (-1) M. Johnson Aus 803 27.58 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
7 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 782 29.77 783 v WI at Lord's 2012
8 ( - ) V. Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
9 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 727 29.35 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
10 ( - ) Tim Southee NZ 713 31.63 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
12 (+1) R. Ashwin Ind 686 30.20 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
13 (-1) Kemar Roach WI 669 27.83 774 v SA at Centurion 2014
15 ( - ) Junaid Khan Pak 623* 29.61 652 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
16 (+1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 619 33.08 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
18 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 595 34.73 648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013
19 ( - ) Ishant Sharma Ind 567 37.43 671 v WI at Dominica 2011
20 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 559*! 28.37 559 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
21 (+4) Mitchell Starc Aus 545*! 32.20 545 v WI at Jamaica 2015
22 (+13) Jerome Taylor WI 530* 33.45 717 v Eng at Jamaica 2009
27 (+4) Josh Hazlewood Aus 506*! 19.08 506 v WI at Jamaica 2015
28 (-2) Dilruwan Perera SL 501* 30.08 531 v Pak at Galle 2014
33 (RE) Harbhajan Singh Ind 454 32.32 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
35 (-2) M. Hafeez Pak 422*! 33.87 422 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
36 (-2) Zulfiqar Babar Pak 418* 37.55 501 v NZ at Dubai 2014
37 (+1) Shane Watson Aus 413* 33.05 633 v SA at Cape Town 2011
43 (-6) Taijul Islam Ban 381* 33.17 446 v Pak at Khulna 2015
46 (-2) Umesh Yadav Ind 367* 38.06 412 v Aus at Melbourne 2014