ICC Test Rankings: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli drop down; Murali Vijay breaks into top 30

Murali Vijay jumps into the top 30

Dubai, July 14 (IANS) Indian top order batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have dropped several places in the latest ICC rankings released on Monday.

While Pujara slid a place to be ranked eighth, Kohli slipped three places to go out of the top-10 to be ranked No.13.

However, opener Murali Vijay has shown upward movement. The 30-year-old from Chennai scored 146 and 52 and has jumped 12 places to 30th. He is now India's fourth highest-ranked batsman after Pujara (eighth), Kohli (13th) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (27th).

In the ICC rankings for Test bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one of the biggest movers. Bhuvneshwar picked up 5/82 in England's only innings at Nottingham which has allowed him to break into the top-50 for the first time in his career. He now sits in 46th spot after jumping 27 places.

Offie Ravichandran Ashwin, who was not part of the playing XI against England, has also thus dropped a place and is ranked No.8. He, however, remained static in the all-rounders rankings, staying put at No.2.

The top ten ranked batsmen in the world:

Rank	Players	Country	Points
1	AB de Villiers	South Africa	922
2	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	896
3	Hashim Amla	South Africa	873
4	David Warner	Australia	871
5	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	854
6	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	824
7	Michael Clarke	Australia	818
8	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	812
9	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	795
10	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	761

The top ten ranked bowlers in the world:

Rank	Players	Country	Points
1	Dale Steyn	South Africa	898
2	Ryan Harris	Australia	870
3	Vernon Philander	South Africa	865
4	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	844
5	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	787
6	Tim Southee	New Zealand	783
7	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	739
8	Trent Boult	New Zealand	737
8	R Ashwin	India	737
10	Stuart Broad	England	734