{ "id": "29402", "author": "13", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Ashwin beats Herath in ICC latest rankings", "lang": "en", "series": "171", "cup_year": "2017", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Dubai, Aug 1 (Cricketnmore) Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin regained the second spot in the bowlers' list while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja continued to hold on to the top spot in the latest Test rankings announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) here on Tuesday.\r\n", "subtype": "", "editor1": "

Dubai, Aug 1 (Cricketnmore) Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin regained the second spot in the bowlers' list while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja continued to hold on to the top spot in the latest Test rankings announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ashwin, who is on 849 points, climbed one spot, pushing Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath to the third position.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India pacer Mohammad Shami has gained one slot to be ranked 23rd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The latest rankings take into account performances in the first Test at Galle in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 304 runs on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and the ongoing series between England and South Africa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England defeated South Africa by 239 runs at The Oval in the Third Test on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Among the batsmen, Indian top-order star Cheteshwar Pujara and skipper Virat Kohli have managed to hold on to the fourth and fifth positions respectively thanks to their excellent form in the Galle Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Several England players made significant gains with all-rounder Ben Stokes taking career-best positions in both batting and bowling after a fine show in the third Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Stokes has moved up 12 places to the joint-25th position in the rankings for batsmen with scores of 112 and 31. He also gained two places to reach the 19th position in the list for bowlers after grabbing figures of 1\/26 and 2\/51.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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His effort also sees him overtake South Africa's Vernon Philander to take the fifth position in the list of all-rounders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Stokes' compatriot Jonny Bairstow has gained three slots to reach the ninth position among the batsmen while opener Alastair Cook has moved up three places to 12th position.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the bowlers' rankings, pacer James Anderson has climbed one place to joint third while off-spinner Moeen Ali moved up one place to 18th.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For South Africa, left-handed opener Dean Elgar's innings of eight and 136 have lifted him three places to the 15th position while left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj has gained four slots and attained a career-best 22nd position after his four wickets at The Oval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Among the Sri Lankans, all-rounder Angelo Mathews has gained two places to reach the 17th position in the batting list, while Dimuth Karunaratne climbed three places to 36th.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lankan pacer Nuwan Pradeep climbed three places to a career-best 30th spot after his good showing against India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

TOP 10 BATSMEN<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Steve Smith – 941 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Joe Root – 885 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kane Williams – 880 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Cheteshwar Pujara – 866 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Virat Kohli – 826 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Azhar Ali – 769 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

David Warner – 759 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Quinton de Kock – 756 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jonny Bairstow – 745 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Hashim Amla – 741 points
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\r\nTOP 10 BOWLERS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ravindra Jadeja – 897 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

R Ashwin – 849 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rangana Herath – 828 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

James Anderson – 828 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Josh Hazlewood – 826 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kagiso Rabada – 773 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dale Steyn – 771 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Stuart Broad – 767 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Vernon Philander – 759 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Neil Wagner – 745 points
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\r\nTop 5 All Rounders<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Shakib-Al-Hasan – 431 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ravindra Jadeja – 414 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

R Ashwin – 413 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Moeen Ali – 374 points<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ben Stokes – 362 points<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/r-ashwin31.jpg", "alt_img": "Image for Ashwin regains 2nd spot in ICC Test rankings", "alt_title": "Ashwin regains 2nd spot in ICC Test rankings", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Ashwin regains 2nd spot in ICC Test rankings", "seo_desc": "Dubai, Aug 1 (Cricketnmore) Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin regained the second spot in the bowlers' list while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja continued", "seo_keywords": "Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ashwin-beats-herath-in-icc-latset-rankings", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2248", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-08-01 15:19:00", "updated": "2017-08-01 15:19:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-08-01 15:19:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-08-01 15:19:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ashwin-beats-herath-in-icc-latset-rankings-29402" }