Their brilliant performance in the first couple of World Cup matches has helped Indian batsmen Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar to rise to fifth and 10th respectively in the ICC one-day rankings issued on Monday.
Sehwag, who smashed 175 against Bangladesh, is up six places in the latest chart, while Tendulkar, riding on his 120 against England, has risen five spots.
ICC Rankings
Indians are headed northward even in the bowling rankings with Zaheer Khan in 14th (up by nine places), Harbhajan Singh in 16th (up by four places) and Munaf Patel in 22nd (up by 11 places).
England captain Andrew Strauss, who struck a 158-run knock in yesterday's thrilling tie against India, is in 13th spot in the batting list, up by eight places.
Others who have gone up the charts are Tamim Iqbal in 23rd (up by three places), Misbah-ul-Haq in 32nd (up by 12 places), Younus Khan in 44th (up by four places) and Kevin O'Brien in 52nd (up by four places).
Australia's Shane Watson, JP Duminy of South Africa, Netherlands' Ryan ten Doeschate and South Africa's Dale Steyn have all achieved personal landmarks.
Watson has climbed four places to break into the top 10 for the first time in his career.
Duminy's has risen two places to share the 15th spot with captain Graeme Smith and West Indies' Chris Gayle while Ten Doeschate has jumped 12 places to 20th.
In the bowling list, Steyn has jumped four places to fourth position.
Batsmen losing ground are Virat Kohli in third (down by one place), Kumar Sangakkara in eighth (down by one place), Gautam Gambhir in 10th (down by one place), Jacques Kallis in 14th (down by six places) and Chris Gayle in 15th (down by five places), Ricky Ponting in 19th (down by six places).
South Africa's duo of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers maintain the top two positions in batting chart.
Apart from Steyn, Mitchell Johnson of Australia has rocketed 12 places to fifth position after figures of 4-19 and 4-33 against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, respectively.
Also on the move are are Shahid Afridi in 11th position (up by 12 places), Shaun Tait in 29th (up by eight places), Tim Bresnan in 30th (up by 11 places) and Shoaib Akhtar in 37th (up by seven places).
England's James Anderson has taken a nosedive in the latest rankings dropping 12 places to 24th after figures of 0-72 and 1-91 against Netherlands and India, respectively.
Daniel Vettori of New Zealand continues to lead the field with South Africa's Morne Morkel in second place and Ray Price of Zimbabwe moving up one place to third position.
In the Rankings for all-rounders, Ten Doeschate has moved up four places to a career-best fifth as the top four remain unchanged with Bangladesh's Shakib-Al-Hasan leading the way.
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Sehwag, Gambhir key to India's World Cup glory’
Senior batsman VVS Laxman today said that openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be key to India's campaign at the Cricket World Cup starting next month and the duo will have to fire if the co-host wants to lift the coveted trophy.
Laxman tipped India the hot favourites to win the World Cup given the favourable home conditions and the crowd support.
"Gambhir and Sehwag have been very important players for India. They have been doing well and they will have a huge role to play in the World Cup after coming back from the injury," said Laxman, who is not in India's World Cup squad as he is now considered a Test specialist.
"India have the best chance to win the World Cup. I don't want to put undue pressure to the players by predicting the favourites. But I think the team can touch the glory of 1983.
They have the potential and talent to lift the trophy. The team has been performing consistently over the last year and a half.
"The event is happening in India so we will have favourable conditions. With all the encouragement and crowd support, it will boost India's confidence," said the classy right-hand batsman. There will be pressure but they are professional players and they know how to handle pressure.
There is positive energy in the team," he said at the sidelines of the annual day function of Sumermal Jain Public School here.
While Sehwag is nursing a shoulder injury, Gambhir is recovering from an elbow injury.
Asked about the historic Eden Gardens being stripped of India-England World Cup tie on February 27 due to incomplete infrastructure-related work, the stylish Hyderabadi batsman said, "Eden is a very important venue but I am sure that the remaining matches would be held there and people will enjoy them."
Laxman said fitness issues of some Indian players will be sorted out before the World Cup and they will train at the National Cricket Academy.
"The fitness issues will be sorted out before the World Cup. They will go to Bangalore for training," he said.
Asked about being honoured the Padma Shri recently, Laxman said, "It is a great honour. Whatever contribution I have made to the country in the 10-15 years has been rewarded.
It's a very good feeling that I have been bestowed the Padma Shri."
Laxman said India will miss the services of South African coach Gary Kirsten when he quits after the World Cup.
"India will miss Gary. He has a huge influence on the Indian team and the last three years he has done a wonderful job. There is no doubt that it will be tough to fill in his shoes. The environment he has created during his stay will remain forever with the team but he will be missed," said the 36-year-old cricketer.
Kirsten took over as India coach in March 2008 and during his tenure, the team recorded Test and ODI series whitewash of Australia (2-0 and 1-0) and New Zealand (1-0 and 5-0) last year, both at home.
Source: Expressbuzz.com
Laxman tipped India the hot favourites to win the World Cup given the favourable home conditions and the crowd support.
"Gambhir and Sehwag have been very important players for India. They have been doing well and they will have a huge role to play in the World Cup after coming back from the injury," said Laxman, who is not in India's World Cup squad as he is now considered a Test specialist.
"India have the best chance to win the World Cup. I don't want to put undue pressure to the players by predicting the favourites. But I think the team can touch the glory of 1983.
They have the potential and talent to lift the trophy. The team has been performing consistently over the last year and a half.
"The event is happening in India so we will have favourable conditions. With all the encouragement and crowd support, it will boost India's confidence," said the classy right-hand batsman. There will be pressure but they are professional players and they know how to handle pressure.
There is positive energy in the team," he said at the sidelines of the annual day function of Sumermal Jain Public School here.
While Sehwag is nursing a shoulder injury, Gambhir is recovering from an elbow injury.
Asked about the historic Eden Gardens being stripped of India-England World Cup tie on February 27 due to incomplete infrastructure-related work, the stylish Hyderabadi batsman said, "Eden is a very important venue but I am sure that the remaining matches would be held there and people will enjoy them."
Laxman said fitness issues of some Indian players will be sorted out before the World Cup and they will train at the National Cricket Academy.
"The fitness issues will be sorted out before the World Cup. They will go to Bangalore for training," he said.
Asked about being honoured the Padma Shri recently, Laxman said, "It is a great honour. Whatever contribution I have made to the country in the 10-15 years has been rewarded.
It's a very good feeling that I have been bestowed the Padma Shri."
Laxman said India will miss the services of South African coach Gary Kirsten when he quits after the World Cup.
"India will miss Gary. He has a huge influence on the Indian team and the last three years he has done a wonderful job. There is no doubt that it will be tough to fill in his shoes. The environment he has created during his stay will remain forever with the team but he will be missed," said the 36-year-old cricketer.
Kirsten took over as India coach in March 2008 and during his tenure, the team recorded Test and ODI series whitewash of Australia (2-0 and 1-0) and New Zealand (1-0 and 5-0) last year, both at home.
Source: Expressbuzz.com
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