Elgar, Amla move up in ICC rankings
Cape Town: Proteas batsmen Hashim Amla and
Dean Elgar have moved up the ICC Test rankings after notching fine centuries in the first Test against Bangladesh in otchefstroom, which their team won by
333 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
Amla’s scores of 137 and
28 have helped him move up one place to seventh position in the latest rankings while left-handed opener Elgar’s innings of 199 and 18 have lifted him four places to 12th position. Amla has held the top ranking in the past while Elgar’s best has been 11th position in March this year.
Elgar and Amla are not the only South Africa batsmen to gain in the latest rankings, which also took into account the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, which Sri Lanka won by 21 runs on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in their two-match series.
Rankings- Batsmen: 1. Steve Smith (Aus) 936, 2. Joe Root (Eng) 889, 3. Kane Williamson (NZ) 880, 4. Cheteshwar Pujara (India) 876, 5. David Warner (Aus) 807, 6. Virat Kohli (India) 806, 7. Hashim Amla (South Africa) 776,
8. Azhar Ali (Pakistan) 763, 9. Lokesh Rahul (India) 761, 10. Ajinkya Rahane (India) 760;
Bowlers: 1. James Anderson (England) 896,
2. Ravindra Jadeja (India) 884, 3. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) 852, 4. Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) 846, 5. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) 795, 6. Josh Hazlewood (Australia) 794,
7. Dale Steyn (South Africa) 756, 8. Nathan Lyon (Australia) 752, 9 . Neil Wagner (NZ) 745, 10. Vernon Philander (South Africa) 744;
All-rounders: 1. Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) 446, 2. Ravindrasinh Jadeja (India) 430,
3. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) 422, 4. Ben Stokes (England) 396, 5. Moeen Ali (England) 378
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