India's Ashwin and Ojha achieve career-best rankings – Cricket News Update
Ravichandran Ashwin’s impressive performance in the recently concluded two-Test series against New Zealand, at home, earned him a promotion on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625’s Test Bowlers’ Rankings Table, as the Chennai off-spinner broke into the top-20 for the first time in his
Test career.
The 25-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s 2-0 Test series whitewash, jumped seven places on the chart to reach career-best 18th spot. Overall, Ashwin climbed 26 places on the Test bowlers’ rankings table
through the course of the New Zealand series.
The right-arm off-spinner, who was named as the Player of the Series, claimed career best figures of 12 for 85 in the first Test against the Black Caps, at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, to guide the team to an innings and 115-run win. In the second Test, at Bangalore, he returned
with figures of six for 151 to help the hosts script a five-wicket win over the Kiwis.
Ashwin’s fellow spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198, who went into the two-Test series ranked No. 15, moved up a place to 14th, with 675 rating points as compared to Ashwin’s 591. These are the career best ratings of the duo to date.
India’s pace bowling spearhead http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625, who picked up five wickets in the two-Test series, also slipped a place reaching 48th.
New Zealand’s leading pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659, who claimed career best figures of seven for 64 in India’s first innings in the second Test at Bangalore, has climbed seven places, reaching 40th spot.
The Kiwi bowlers who dropped in the latest rankings revealed by ICC on Tuesday, include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708 (69th). Bracewell, who accounted for Sehwag and Tendulkar in the second
Test, dropped down by one spot, Franklin by five while Boult slipped six places.
South African seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, who has been recently named in ICC’s Test Team of the Year, sits at No. 3.
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