Sachin Tendulkar climbs to the No. 1 place in the recent ICC Test rankings
Prolific Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar climbs to the top spot in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. The 37-year-old batsman from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 has surged to the top spot for the first time since 2002.
The recent heroics of Sachin Tendulkar against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the two-match Test series added 82 rating points to his account taking him to 891, 17 points ahead of former No. 1 Test cricketer - the Sri Lankan captain Kumar
Sangakkara. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 and Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene both share 807 points but the former claims fourth place ahead of Jayawardene.
This is the tenth time in Tendulkar’s international career that he has become the leading Test batsman in the world, and the first time since the introduction of new ratings system. He held the top-ranked Test batsman position
for the first time in 1994. The Test cricket prodigy was duly rewarded last week when he was named as the ICC Test and overall Cricketer of the Year.
The honorary Group captain of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has enjoyed a premium 2010 season, during which he has topped the Test run charts compiling 1270 runs including four hundreds and two double-centuries. The upcoming
three-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 at home will provide the World’s No. 1 Test batsman an opportunity to improve his career-best rating of 898 rating points by the end of the 2010 season, and join the 26 batsman who have crossed the 900-point mark
on the rankings table.
The former Indian captain and the middle order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772
held on to the 8th spot despite missing the second Test played at Bangalore. Murali Vijay’s maiden Test hundred helped him climb 29 places to 57th on the latest rakings table.
The Australian skipper’s failure to convert his decent starts into hundreds might have held back the men Down Under, but his three 70s in four innings helped him jump three places to the 16th position. Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, who
has struggled for runs throughout the series, has lost his top ten spot. Australian opener Simon Katich has also dropped two spots to 14th place. Marcus North's fifth Test century took him to the 46th position
while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, with a tally of 271 runs, has moved up to 24th.
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