 Ganguly breaks into top 20 in ICC Rankings
14th Apr 2008 23:30 IST
Agencies
Riding on his Man of the Match performance in Kanpur, Sourav Ganguly leapfrogged seven places to be 17th in the ICC Rankings for Test batsmen which made him the fifth Indian in the top 20 list.
In contrast, South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn, after the side's defeat in the third and final Test, conceded his top position in the bowling chart to Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan after the Proteas lost the Test.
Ganguly scored 87 and 13 not out in a low-scoring match, which helped him gain seven places on the ladder and the left-hander now sits in 17th place.
Interestingly, however, no Indian batsman appears inside the top 10 positions.
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman are the other Indian batsmen to appear in the top 20. Tendulkar, who missed the last two Tests through injury, has dropped one place to 13th position while Dravid lies in 14th place, gaining one spot.
Sehwag, who became India's top ranked player in 12th position after hitting a swashbuckling 319 in Chennai, drops to 15th while Laxman, who scored 50 in Kanpur, stays in 19th spot.
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