Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul attain career-best Test rankings after Lanka win

While Dhawan attained 28th rank, Rahul broke into top-10 at 9th position

Press Trust of India  |  Dubai 

Dhawan, Rahul attain career-best Test rankings after Lanka win
India's captain Virat Kohli, left, shares a laugh with teammate Shikhar Dhawan as they leave the ground after their win over Sri Lanka in the third cricket test match in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Monday, August 14, 2017. Photo: AP/PTI

broke into the top-10 at 9th, while also attained a career-high position of 28th in the latest after India's clean- sweep of in a three-match series.

Left-hander Dhawan, who top-scored with 119 in the final Test in Pallekele, has moved up 10 places to 28th position after won within three days of play on Monday.


This was the batsman's second century in three Tests as he finished with 358 runs and was named the player of the series.

has moved up two positions to equal his career-best ninth position after a contribution of 85 in the opening stand of 188 that came in under 40 overs.

thus equalled his career-best ninth rank attained in July this year but the present tally of 761 rating points is his highest till date.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya's 96-ball knock of 108 has seen him gain 45 positions to reach a career-best 68th rank among batsmen, while pace bowlers (up one place to 19th position) and (up one place up to a career- best 21st position) have gained among bowlers.

There was good news for Chinaman bowlers too as India's and Sri Lanka's Lakshan Sandakan have made rapid strides.

Kuldeep, coming in for Ravindra Jadeja, has moved up 29 slots to 58th place after returning with figures of four for 40 and one for 56, while Sandakan's haul of five for 132 has helped him gain 16 places to reach 57th position.

Other players to move up in the rankings include batsmen and Niroshan Dickwella. Chandimal has gained two slots to reach 33rd position while Dickwella has gained seven slots to reach a career-best 61st position.

In the list for all-rounders, Jadeja has lost the top slot to Bangladesh's after missing the Pallekele Test owing to a one-match suspension after accumulating six demerit points inside a 24-month period. Jadeja has slipped one point behind Shakib's tally of 431 points but remains at the top of the bowling rankings.

Top-ranked and seventh-placed have retained their positions in the team rankings with gaining two points to reach 125 points, increasing its lead over South Africa to 15 points.

Meanwhile, England hosts the West Indies for a three-Test series starting Thursday, which it may have to win in order to remain in third position, depending on the results of a two- Test series between Bangladesh and Australia that starts later this month but ends earlier on 8 September.

Australia will go up to 101 points if it wins the series 2-0.