Gambhir still No. 1 batsman, Harbhajan drops out of top 10

Dubai, Feb 10 (PTI) Indian opener Gautam Gambhir
continued to top Test batsmen rankings despite a poor show in
first Test against South Africa while off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh dropped out of top 10 among bowlers in the International
Cricket Council (ICC) chart released on Wednesday.

Gambhir, who scored just 13 in the first Test in Nagpur,
remained world's top batsman with 840 points, ahead of Sri
Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene (836) and Kumar Sangakkara
(835).
Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, who both scored
centuries in Nagpur, are the other Indians to feature in the
top 10 at sixth and ninth places respectively.
By virtue of their exploits in Nagpur, South African pair
of Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla have made big upward
movements in the latest batting chart.
Kallis, who scored his 34th Test century during the
match, has returned to the top five by gaining four places to
sit in fourth position ahead of his captain Graeme Smith, who
slipped three places to fifth.
Amla, meanwhile, broke into the top 10 for the first time
in his career with the help of his magnificent unbeaten 253 in
the first innings, which set up South Africa's victory against
India yesterday by an innings and six runs.
In the ICC Players' Rankings for Test bowlers, India's
pace spearhead Zaheer Khan is static at the sixth spot while
Harbhajan, who took two wickets for 166 in Nagpur, dropped
four places to find himself at 12th. MORE PTI SSC
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