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Gabriel moves up to take career-best 12th place after St Lucia exploits
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Gabriel moves up to take career-best 12th place after St Lucia exploits

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 19 Jun 2018, 10:12 am

Dubai, Jun 19 (IBNS) :  West Windies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has made a huge jump to take a career-best 12th position in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after his player of the match effort in the drawn second Test against Sri Lanka in St Lucia, which ended on Monday.

The 30-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago has gained 11 places after finishing the match with 13 for 121, the third best match haul ever by a Windies bowler. Gabriel has reached 754 rating points while his previous best was 636 points and an 18th place in August last year.

Gabriel’s team-mates Roston Chase (up one place to 38th) and captain Jason Holder (up one place to 64th) were the others to gain in the latest update which also takes into account the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru which the home side won by an innings and 262 runs.

For Sri Lanka, who trail the three-match series against the Windies 1-0, captain Dinesh Chandimal has gained one spot to move up to ninth position after his effort of 119 not out and 39 while Kusal Mandis is another batsman to move up, gaining four spots to reach a career-best 12th position. Among their bowlers, Suranga Lakmal has gained one slot to reach 29th position while Lahiru Kumara has gained three spots to reach 51st position.

The Bengaluru Test and the domination of the India top order has reflected in the rankings with both Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay moving up the ladder. Dhawan’s knock of 107, during which he became the first from his country to complete a century before lunch on the opening day of a Test match, has seen him gain 10 spots to reach a career-best 24th position while Vijay’s innings of 105 has lifted him six spots to 23rd position.

India spinner Ravindra Jadeja has inched up one slot to the third position after claiming six wickets in the Bengaluru Test while fast bowlers Ishant Sharma (up two places to 25th) and Umesh Yadav (up two places to 26th) have also made a northward movement.

The Afghanistan players to make an entry into the players’ rankings are Hashmatuallah Shahidi (111th) and captain Asghar Stanikzai (136th) among batsmen. Among bowlers, Yamin Ahmadzai (94th) and spinners Mujeeb ur Rehman (114th) and Rashid Khan (119th) are among those in the rankings. Rashid is currently top-ranked in T20Is and second in ODIs.

Top-ranked India’s points remain unchanged in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings.

MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (as of 19 June, after the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru)

Rank    Team                 Points

1          India                 125

2          South Africa      112

3          Australia            106

4          New Zealand     102

5          England             97

6          Sri Lanka          94

7          Pakistan             88

8          Bangladesh       75

9          Windies              67

10         Zimbabwe           2

Also played:

Ireland – 1 match, 0 points

Afghanistan – 1 match, 0 points

MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 19 June, after the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru and the second Test between the Windies and Sri Lanka in St Lucia):

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                  Team      Pts         Avge      Highest Rating

   1          ( - )          Steve Smith          Aus         929        61.37      947 v SA at Durban 2018

   2          ( - )          Virat Kohli             Ind          903        53.40      912 v SA at Johannesburg 2018

   3          ( - )          Joe Root                Eng         855        52.28      917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015

   4          ( - )          Kane Williamson NZ           847        50.35      893 v Aus at Perth 2015

   5          ( - )          David Warner       Aus         820        48.20      880 v NZ at Perth 2015

   6          ( - )          C. Pujara               Ind          799        50.34      888 v SL at Nagpur 2017

   7          ( - )          Dean Elgar            SA           784!       42.58      784 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018

   8          ( - )          Aiden Markram    SA           759*!     55.55      759 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018

   9          (+1)         Di. Chandimal      SL           755!       44.96      755 v Win at St Lucia 2018

  10         (-1)          Hashim Amla       SA           726        48.03      907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)        Player                  Team      Pts         Avge     Highest Rating

  12         (+4)         Kusal Mendis        SL           693!       39.00     693 v Win at St Lucia 2018

  18         (+1)         Lokesh Rahul       Ind          661*      40.86     761 v SL at Pallekele 2017

  23         (+6)         Murali Vijay           Ind          624         40.69     747 v SA at Bengaluru 2015

  24         (+10)      Shikhar Dhawan  Ind          618         43.93     627 v SL at Kolkata 2017

  38=       (+1)         Roston Chase      Win         559*      36.53     626 v Pak at Dominica 2017

  40         (+4)         Ni. Dickwella        SL           553*      32.88     576 v Ind at Kolkata 2017

  64         (+1)         Jason Holder        Win         453         29.48     486 v Pak at Dominica 2017

  67         (+8)         Hardik Pandya     Ind          448*      36.80     512 v SA at Cape Town 2018

  86         (+5)         Kusal Perera         SL           352*      27.96     443 v Zim at Harare 2016

111=      (NEW)    H. Shahidi             Afg          257*!     47.00     257 v Ind at Bengaluru 2018

136        (NEW)    Asghar Stanikzai  Afg          194*!     18.00     194 v Ind at Bengaluru 2018

 

Bowlers (top 10)

 

Rank     (+/-)        Player                  Team      Pts         Avge      Highest Rating

   1          ( - )          Kagiso Rabada    SA           897        21.59      902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018

   2          ( - )          James Anderson Eng         892        27.23      896 v Win at Lord's 2017

   3          (+1)         Ravindra Jadeja   Ind          866        23.11      899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017

   4          (-1)          Vernon Philander SA           845        21.46      912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

   5          ( - )          R. Ashwin              Ind          811        25.34      904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016

   6=        ( - )          Morne Morkel       SA           800!       27.66      800 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018

               ( - )          Pat Cummins       Aus         800*!     23.81      800 v SA at Johannesburg 2018

   8          ( - )          Trent Boult            NZ           795        27.84      825 v Eng at Lord's 2015

   9          (+1)         Neil Wagner          NZ           765        28.26      785 v Win at Wellington 2017

  10=       (-1)          Rangana Herath  SL           759        28.26      867 v Zim at Harare 2016 

 

Other selected rankings

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                  Team      Pts         Avge     Highest Rating

12          (+11)      Shannon Gabriel Win         754!       30.66     754 v SL at St Lucia 2018

25          (+2)         Ishant Sharma     Ind          582        35.52     671 v Win at Dominica 2011

26          (+2)         Umesh Yadav       Ind          577        34.94     578 v SL at Nagpur 2017

29          (+1)         Suranga Lakmal  SL           555!       42.46     555 v Win at St Lucia 2018

51          (+3)         L. Kumara             SL           319!       40.76     319 v Win at St Lucia 2018

94          (NEW)    Y. Ahmadzai        Afg          112*!     17.00     112 v Ind at Bengaluru 2018

114         (NEW)    M. Ur Rahman     Afg          35*!        50.00     35 v Ind at Bengaluru 2018

119         (NEW)    Rashid Khan         Afg          19*!        77.00     19 v Ind at Bengaluru 2018

 

All-rounders (top five)

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                 Team      Pts         Highest Rating

   1          ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan  Ban         420        489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017

   2          ( - )          R. Jadeja               Ind          394        438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017

   3          ( - )          V. Philander         SA           371        376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014

   4          ( - )          R. Ashwin              Ind          365        493 v Eng at Mohali 2016

   5          ( - )          Ben Stokes           Eng         327/*     396 v Win at Lord's 2017

 

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