GAMBHIR, HAYDEN JUMP; DRAVID, SEHWAG & HUSSEY SULK POST KUMBLE'S FAREWELL PARTY

He may be facing an uphill task to escape a one-Test ban imposed by the ICC, but Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has at least something to cheer about after the 3rd Test vs Australia which ended in New Delhi on Sunday. Gambhir, who has scored 463 runs in the series so far, has jumped 11 places (from 37th to career-best18th position) in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.

However, his senior teammate Rahul Dravid has enough reasons to ponder over his sliding Test career. 'The Wall' has crumbled for the first time in 11 years to drop out of the top-20 list. The former India captain has dropped eight places to 26th and has now lost 10 places since the start of the series in which he has scored 117 runs.

Opener Virender Sehwag has dropped three places to 13th, Sachin Tendulkar has retained his 19th position and Saurav Ganguly, who will retire after the final Test vs the Aussies in Nagpur later this week, has slipped one place to 24th spot.

VVS Laxman, who scored 200 not out and 59 not out in the Delhi Test, has jumped five places to 11th.

Meanwhile, Australia's Matthew Hayden has returned to the top 10 after knocks of 83 and 16 not out in the 3rd Test vs India at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium.

However, Mike Hussey, who took over the number-one tag from the West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul after the first Test in Bangalore, has slipped one more place to fourth while Michael Clarke has also dropped one position to 14th.

India captain Anil Kumble ends his illustrious 132-Test career in 19th position, his lowest ranking since January 1993.

Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings (as of 3 November)

Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points
1 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 890!
2 ( - ) K. Sangakkara SL 886
3 (+1) Mohd Yousuf Pak 880
4 (-1) Mike Hussey Aus 877
5 ( - ) Ricky Ponting Aus 859
6 ( - ) M. Jayawardena SL 837
7 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 829
8 ( - ) Yunus Khan Pak 799
9 (+2) Matthew Hayden Aus 780
10 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 774
11 (+5) VVS Laxman Ind 742
12 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 739
13 (-3) Virender Sehwag Ind 735
14 (-1) Michael Clarke Aus 714
15 (-1) Alastair Cook Eng 686
16= (-2) Andrew Symonds Aus 679
( - ) AB de Villiers SA 679
18 (+11) Gautam Gambhir Ind 670
19 ( - ) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 665
20= ( - ) Ramnaresh Sarwan WI 659
( - ) Ashwell Prince SA 659

Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points
1 ( - ) M. Muralidaran SL 895
2 (+1) Dale Steyn SA 847
3 (-1) Stuart Clark Aus 829
4 (+1) Makhaya Ntini SA 760
5 (-1) Brett Lee Aus 755
6 ( - ) Ryan Sidebottom Eng 738
7= ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 684
( - ) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 684
9 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 658
10 ( - ) Shane Bond NZ 654
11 ( - ) Monty Panesar Eng 653
12 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 647
13 (+1) Jerome Taylor WI 628
14 (+1) James Anderson Eng 620
15= (+1) Mohammad Asif Pak 619
(-2) Zaheer Khan Ind 619
17 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 615
18 ( - ) Danish Kaneria Pak 614
19 ( - ) Anil Kumble Ind 602
20 ( - ) Matthew Hoggard Eng 593

All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points
1 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 458
2 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 369
3 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 302
4 ( - ) Dwayne Bravo WI 295
5 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 281