Monday, May 11, 2009

Younus top ranked, Gambhir at fourth

Gautam Gambhir
NEW DELHI: Pakistani skipper Younus Khan is ruling on the top following his current form. He replaced West Indian batsman Shivnarain Chanderpaul in the latest ICC Test batsman rankings. Gautam Gambhir, successful in every format of cricket like Test, One-day and T20 cricket, continues to be India's highest ranked cricketer being firm at fourth spot in the tally. However, explosive opener Virender Sehwag is at number 20 far behind from other Indian batsmen. Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and classy batsman VVS Laxman soared one place up at 13th and 15th positions respectively.

In the bowlers list, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has retained his sixth place while paceman Zaheer Khan got one place to be at 11th. Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka continues to supreme in the bowling chart followed by Dale Steyn of South Africa and Australia's Mitchell Johnson. Jacques Kallis reigns to top the all-rounders' list of ICC.

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