Gambhir back to No.1 spot in ICC rankings

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: November 30, 2009

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Dubai: India’s in-form opening batsman, Gautam Gambhir, regained the No.1 spot in International Cricket Council’s Test Rankings issued on Sunday while master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman moved down in the list.

Gambhir returned to the number one spot after his eighth career century, his seventh in nine tests and fourth in last four, helped India record an innings and 144 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test in Kanpur. Gambhir, the ICC Test Player of Year, scored 167 and featured in a 233-run first wicket stand with Virender Sehwag who has also climbed four places to return to the top-20 in 19th place.

The left-handed opener Gambhir had first mounted to the top of the batting table in July but lost his position a month later to Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara. He started off the ongoing test series in second place and had dropped to third after the first Test in Ahmedabad.

Gambhir’s leap has pushed the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardena and Sangkkara into second and third positions respectively. Other Indians moving up the ladder are Rahul Dravid, whose 28th career century has helped him climb three places to 18th, and Yuvraj Singh, who is up three places to 44th in the latest list.

The players failing to retain their positions include Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, who have slipped down a spot each to 16th and 20th respectively.

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