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Cheteshwar Pujara,Johnson and Harris move up in Test Rankings
Pujara, with career-best 851 points, remained the best-placed Indian batsman in the top-10, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin stayed put at the seventh position in the bowlers' chart. In the allrounders' rankings, Ashwin continued to rule the roost.
South Africa's AB de Villiers leads the Test batsmen table with 912 points followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul (876) of West Indies and Ross Taylor (871) from New Zealand. Kohli has 739 rating points.
Harris’ match haul of eight for 61, not only helped him claim the player of the match award, but also led his side to a 5-0 series whitewash.
Over the course of the Ashes series, Harris moved up three places. He gained as many as 80 ratings points from his match-winning performance at Sydney to end with a career-best 8 for 66.
Harris at third position is now the highest-ranked bowler from Australia, with South Africa’s Vernon Philander still topping the bowlers’ table and Dale Steyn in second place.
The other Australia bowler to star in the Ashes triumph, Mitchell Johnson, has also continued his upward movement on the table. Winner of the LG ICC Cricketer of the Year Award in 2009, he has jumped three places to eighth to make a return to the top 10.
Johnson, named player of the series for picking 37 wickets, made an impressive return to Test cricket jumping as many as 14 places during the course of the series.
Overall, Australia now has three bowlers in the top 10, with Peter Siddle retaining his sixth place.
For England, Stuart Broad continues to be the only bowler in the top 10, at 10th, down by one. In the top 20, James Anderson retains his 15th place, while Australia's Nathan Lyon is now at 18th (down by one).
Outside the top 20 England's Ben Stokes has continued his impressive run, rocketing as many as 36 places to 57th following his match haul of eight for 161, which included his best figures of six for 99.
Meanwhile, Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has jumped 10 places to a best-ever 12th in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen. Rogers, who scored 119 in the second innings of the Sydney Test, moved up as many as 32 places during the course of the series. .
The other centurion in the Sydney Test, Steven Smith, who stroked 115 in the first innings, has jumped 20 places to a best-ever 21st. Brad Haddin, on the other hand, moved up eight places to 23rd as he ended as the second highest run-getter in the series with 493 runs.
Stokes continued to make an all-round impact, jumping 27 places to 55th on the batting table to follow up his bowling exploits.
Australia captain Michael Clarke in sixth position (down by one) is the highest ranked batsman from his side. Clarke is also the only batsman from either Australia or England to feature within the top 10.
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews who struck 91 and an unbeaten career-best 157 in the Test, has moved up 16 places to a best-ever 13th spot in the batting list.
Kumar Sangakkara has slid down one position to sixth, but remains the highest-ranked batsman on either side.
Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan have also moved up a place each in their rankings. Misbah, who notched up 135 in the Test, is now ranked eighth (up by one). Younus, on the other hand, has moved up a place to ninth following his knock of 136 in the first innings of the Test.
Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath in fourth (down by one) and Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal in fifth spot(down by one) continue to be the highest ranked bowlers for their sides.
Left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan, meanwhile, has continued his impressive rise up the charts. He has jumped seven places to a best-ever 21st position following his spells of five for 58 and three for 93.
