Cricket Update: VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan at career best rankings
Indian veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 and the experienced fast bowler Zaheer Khan have hit their career best rankings as according to the news; Laxman has been positioned as world’s number nine, while Zaheer holds fourth position at the ranking list disclosed by the ICC.
For Laxman, putting altogether 96 runs on the board which played an important role in making his team stand victor at Durban helped him earn his ever best position. Similarly, for displaying an impressive performance after making his comeback at the second Test match against the host South Africa, Zaheer has succeeded in holding his current position in the world ranking.
In http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s win in the second test match, Laxman’s innings and Zaheer’s spells played a pivotal role. The three-match series has been levelled by 1-1 and both of the teams are now looking forward to the final match.
Being placed at an impressive ranking might not be surprising for Zaheer as he has already been collecting praises from the cricketing fans from around the globe, however, for Laxman, who has not been that well performer in past many matches, getting it to the top ten bracket for the first time would surely be exciting.
Besides the Hyderabadi batsman who has made it into the top ten batsmen list, other Indians which have grabbed places into the group are the living legend Sachin Tendulkar (currently holding second position) and the hard hitter http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 (sitting at fourth position).
Before participating into this recent Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, where he bagged altogether six wickets (3 wickets in each innings), Zaheer Khan had been holding seventh position in the world ranking, but after the giving a much needed impressive performance, he has jumped three places up to share a place alongside the English bowler James Anderson. Harbhajan Singh is another Indian bowler who, after improving his place by two places is now ranked as world number eight by the ICC.
On one side, the Durban Test has helped the Indian players in improving their world ranking, and on the other side, it has also affected the rankings of the South African players, but in a negative way. Prior to losing this second Test match, Jacques Kallis was holding third position in international ranking, he has now slipped down to number five, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 has gone down from fifth to sixth position. Moreover, for slipping two positions down, Hashim Amla now stands at number 12 and with a slide of three places, Graeme Smith is now holding 14th position on ICC ranking list.
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