{
    "id": "36349",
    "author": "1",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "Career best ranking for Dean Elgar",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "1",
    "cup_year": "2018",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "March 27 (CRICKETNMORE) - South Africa openers Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram have both attained career-best rankings. Elgar’s first innings score of 141 not out, when he carried the bat for a record-equaling third time in Tests, has lifted him",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p>March 27 (CRICKETNMORE) - South Africa openers Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram have both attained career-best rankings. Elgar&rsquo;s first innings score of 141 not out, when he carried the bat for a record-equaling third time in Tests, has lifted him to eighth position while Markram&rsquo;s second innings score of 84 has helped him gain seven slots and reach 15th&nbsp;place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (up one place to third) and middle-order batsman Henry Nicholls (up 22 places to 32nd), South Africa&rsquo;s Quinton de Kock (up five places to 19th) and Australia opener Cameron Bancroft (up 22 places to 56th) are among the others to move up in the latest rankings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Top 10 Batsmen in ICC Rankings as on 27th March 2018<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Rank - Player (Team) - Points<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#1.&nbsp;Steve Smith (AUS) - 938<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#2.&nbsp;Virat Kohli (IND) - 912<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#3.&nbsp;Kane Williamson (NZ) - 878<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#4.&nbsp;Joe Root (ENG) - 870<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#5.&nbsp;David Warner (AUS) - 828<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#6.&nbsp;AB de Villiers (SA) - 819<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#7.&nbsp;C. Pujara (IND) - 810<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#8.&nbsp;Dean Elgar (SA) - 772<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#9.&nbsp;Azhar Ali (PAK) - 755<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#10.&nbsp;Hashim Amla (SA) - 745<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>#15.&nbsp;Aiden Markram (SA) - 688<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>ICC Media Release<\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dean-Elgar-Hashim-Amla1.jpg",
    "alt_img": "Dean Elgar",
    "alt_title": "ICC Rankings",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "Career best ranking for Dean Elgar",
    "seo_desc": "Career best ranking for Dean Elgar",
    "seo_keywords": "ICC Rankings",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "ICC Rankings,",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "1",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "career-best-ranking-for-dean-elgar",
    "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": "2228",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "1",
    "auto_link": "0",
    "created": "2018-03-27 16:21:17",
    "updated": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "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": "2018-03-27 16:21:17",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2018-03-27 16:21:17",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/career-best-ranking-for-dean-elgar-36349"
}