Gambhir moves to the top of ICC’s Test batting ranking

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir feels domestic players will play a major role in the Champions League Twenty20, beginning Thursday. "It is a good opportunity for the local players to prove themselves.

October 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was named One day International (ODI) Player of the Year for the second time in a row here late on Thursday evening.honi also features in both Tests and One-day International Cricket Council (ICC) World Teams of the Year as wicketkeeper and captain. Indian cricketers dominated the ICC awards night in Johannesburg and have a strong presence in both the Test and ODI Teams of the Year.

September 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Star Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Monday stepped down from the captainship of the Indian premier league (IPL) team Delhi Dare Devils. Another Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir will replace Sehwag.

September 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has been cleared to play in the Champions Trophy that begins in South Africa from Sep 22. Gambhir had to return home from the One-day international tri-series in Sri Lanka last week because of a groin injury.

September 10th, 2009 COLOMBO - Ace Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has been asked to return home after suffering groin injury. Delhi batsman Virat Kohli will replace Gambhir, who has been advised ten days rest.

September 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Friday said that swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag, who is sidelined due to injury, will be desperately missed by the team during the tour of Sri Lanka as well as the Champions Trophy. "Any team will miss Sehwag (Virender Sehwag) because he was in such a form, that would have been a great advantage for any team," Gambhir said.

August 31st, 2009 DUBAI - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has reclaimed the number-one position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen for the fourth time in his career after brilliant knocks in the second Test against New Zealand. The Sri Lanka captain followed up his half-century in the first innings with an exquisite 109 - his 20th Test century - to reclaim the top position from India's Gautam Gambhir.

August 24th, 2009 DUBAI - England off-spinner Graeme Swann has jumped no fewer than 17 places and into the top 10 in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career. The 30-year-old took eight wickets in the Oval Test match underlying his position as England's top slow bowler and moving to 10th in the latest rankings.

August 10th, 2009 DUBAI - Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke has assumed second position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his impressive performance with the bat during his team's easy victory over England in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley. The 28-year-old New South Welshman is now sitting just seven ratings points beneath Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara and has pushed India's Gautam Gambhir into third place after his 93 in Leeds helped his side to an innings victory that levels the closely fought series 1-1 with one match to play.

August 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Australia must win against England at both Headingley and the Oval to retain their No.1 Test ranking, as an Ashes series defeat would precipitate a stunning fall from grace which would relegate Ricky Ponting's side to fourth place on the ICC Test ladder behind South Africa, Sri Lanka and India. A drawn series will place them second after Graeme Smith's men.

July 25th, 2009 DUBAI - Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has replaced Gautam Gambhir at the top of the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council's rankings for Test batsmen following his match-saving performance in the third Test against Pakistan in Colombo. The 31-year-old compiled 130 not out in the second innings Friday to go with his 45 the first innings that lifted him above Gambhir.

July 25th, 2009 DUBAI - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has toppled Gautam Gambhir from number-one Test batsman spot. Sangakkara has returned to the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen following his match-saving performance in the third Test against Pakistan in Colombo.

July 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - England's batting legend Geoffrey Boycott has warned that the lack of spectator interest is killing Test cricket, which requires radical changes to save it. The former opening batsman said crowds at Ashes matches masked the dwindling attendances for Tests elsewhere in the world, with even the recent series between South Africa and Australia, failing to sell out.

July 15th, 2009 DUBAI - Gautam Gambhir has become the first India batsman in over four years to head the batting rankings after a double failure by Mohammad Yousuf dropped him out of the top three of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. Yousuf, who had returned to the batting table last week in number-one position after his century in the first Test at Galle, scored only 10 and six in the second Test and, as such, he has dropped four places to fifth position in the latest rankings which were released after the conclusion of the St Vincent and Colombo Tests.

July 8th, 2009 DUBAI - Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf could not have asked for a more successful return to international cricket. Despite a year-long absence, the right-hander needed just a century to break through to the top of the Test rankings.