Indian Players Improved Test Rankings

Indian team spinner Pragyan Ojha broke into the top-15 of the ICC Cricket ranking for the first time in his career after a strong showing against the West Indies took 20 windows in the series, including seven in the third and last test in the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

Six of his seven wickets came in West Indies' second innings and he jumped 11 places to 15th, just ahead of Australia's Peter Siddle. However, paceman Ishant Sharma fell three spots to 20 after taking a single ring on the third party. Zaheer Khan, who is still recovering from ankle surgery, remained at number six.

In the ranking for Test batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar (6), Rahul Dravid (8), and V.V.S. Laxman (14) lost a place each, while Virender Sehwag remained in the 19th place.

First Man Reached 15000 Runs in Test Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar may have failed to reach the mark of an international hundred tons, but during his call for 76 against West Indies in the second innings of the first test, batting legend became the first man to cross 15,000 runs in Test cricket.

Sachin reached the landmark when he scored his career 28 on India versus west indies 1st test match Day 3 with a single off bowler Devendra Bishoo. Tendulkar, of course, tops the list of tests run in scoring and is followed by the trio of Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Brian Lara.

Player	Matches	Innings	Not-outs	Runs	Highest	Average	100s	50s
Sachin Tendulkar	182	300	32	15048	248*	56.14	51	62
Rahul Dravid	158	275	32	12860	270	52.92	35	61
Ricky Ponting	154	263	28	12487	257	53.13	39	56
Brian Lara	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48
Jacques Kallis	145	246	38	11947	201*	57.43	40	54
Allan Border	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63
Steve Waugh	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50
Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45

World Top 10 Players and Ranking Point Tallies Year end 2010

Rank 1: Lee Westwood(England) - points: 9.24

Rank 2: Tiger Woods(United states) - points: 7.88

Rank 3: Martin Kaymer(Germany) - points: 7.26

Rank 4: Phil Mickelson(United States) - points: 6.70

Rank 5: Jim Furyk(United States) - points: 6.22

Rank 6: Graeme McDowell(Northern Ireland) - points: 6.18

Rank 7: Steve Stricker(United States) - points: 6.11

Rank 8: Paul Casey(England) - points: 5.90

Rank 9: Luke Donald(England)- points: 5.65

Rank 10: Rory McIlroy(Northern Ireland (UK)) - points: 5.60

Top Ten Cricket Batsmen Ranking after World Cup 2011

Rank 1: Hashim Amla(SA) - points: 867

Rank 2: AB. de Villiers(SA) - points: 804

Rank 3: Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL) - points: 761

Rank 4: Shane Robert Watson(AUS) - points: 758

Rank 5: Kumar Sangakkara(SL) - points: 753

Rank 6: Michael Edward Killeen Hussey(AUS) - points: 748

Rank 7: Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott(ENG) - points: 737

Rank 8: Virat Kohli(IND) - points: 733

Rank 9: Mahendra Singh Dhoni(IND)- points: 729

Rank 10: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar(IND) - points: 712

Top Ten Tennis Players Ranking and Points

Rank 1: Rafael Nadal(ESP) - points: 12,390 match played: 21

Rank 2: Roger Federer(SUI) - points: 7,965 match played: 22

Rank 3: Novak Djokovic(SRB) - points: 7,800 match played: 20

Rank 4: Robin Soderling(SWE) - points: 6,050 match played: 24

Rank 5: Andy Murray(GBR) - points: 5,715 match played: 20

Rank 6: David Ferrer(ESP) - points: 4,510 match played: 23

Rank 7: Tomas Berdych(CZE) - points: 4,410 match played: 26

Rank 8: Andy Roddick(USA) - points: 3,770 match played: 21

Rank 9: Fernando Verdasco(ESP)- points: 3,095 match played: 26

Rank 10: Jurgen Melzer(AUT) - points: 2,740 match played: 24

PWI Wrestler of the Year

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