Dwayne Bravo's robust performance for West Indies in the second Test against Australia has earned the Trinidadian a boost in the latest ICC Player Rankings. Bravo is up two places to No 6 on ICC all-rounders' list and also gained in the batting rankings, along with his captain Chris Gayle.
Among his telling performances in the drawn second Test that ended Tuesday, Bravo struck his third Test century, 104 in the first innings and his three-wicket burst on the final day threatened to vault West Indies to an upset win over the fancied Australians. South African Jacques Kallis remains the No 1 all-rounder ahead of New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, followed by Australian Mitchell Johnson, Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) and Stuart Broad (England).
Bravo, up five places to No 40, also climbed in the batting ratings. With a magnificent second innings 165 not out, Gayle became the first West Indies captain to carry his bat in a Test innings and is up six places to No 22 on the batting list. Shivnarine Chanderpaul slipped two places to tenth after scores of 62 and 27 in the Adelaide Test. Ramnaresh Sarwan, down two spots to 24th, is the only other West Indian appearing among the top 30 batsmen. Australia's captain Ricky Ponting dropped out of the top ten for the first time since October 2002 after scores of 36 and 20 in Adelaide.
RELIANCE MOBILE ICC TEST CHAMPIONSHIP BATSMEN
1 Gautam Gambhir (IND)
2 Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
3 Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
4 Michael Clarke (AUS)
5=Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)
5=Virender Sehwag (IND)
7 Younis Khan (PAK)
8 Graeme Smith (SA)
9 Ross Taylor (NZ)
10 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
22nd Chris Gayle (WI)
24th Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI)
BOWLERS
1 Dale Steyn (SA)
2 Mitchell Johnson (AUS)
3 Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
4 Mohammad Asif (PAK)
5 Makhaya Ntini (SA)
6 Harbhajan Singh (IND)
7 Stuart Clark (AUS)
8 Shane Bond (NZ)
9 Paul Harris (SA)
10 Zaheer Khan (IND)
18th Jerome Taylor (WI)
26th Fidel Edwards (WI)
BOWLERS
1 Dale Steyn (SA)
2 Mitchell Johnson (AUS)
3 Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
4 Mohammad Asif (PAK)
5 Makhaya Ntini (SA)
6 Harbhajan Singh (IND)
7 Stuart Clark (AUS)
8 Shane Bond (NZ)
9 Paul Harris (SA)
10 Zaheer Khan (IND)
18th Jerome Taylor (WI)
26th Fidel Edwards (WI)
ALL-ROUNDERS
1 Jacques Kallis (SA)
2 Daniel Vettori (NZ)
3 Mitchell Johnson (AUS)
4 Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
5 Stuart Broad (ENG)
6th Dwayne Bravo (WI)
8th Chris Gayle (WI)