ICC Rankings : R Ashwin achieves career-best rank of 25,Kohli rises to second position in ODI-Cricket, Sports

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieves career-best rank of 25th in the latest ICC rankings for Test bowlers which was released today. Virat Kohli gained one position to be at second spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings

for ODI batsmen.

Pakistan All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has achieves the number one place in the new ICC player rankings for ODI bowlers. While off-spinner Saeed Ajmal is ranked third in both ODI and Test bowlers category.

South Africa became the first side to go upper of the ICC rankings in Test and Twenty20formats on Tuesday. Previous the Protease toppled England as the No.1 team in the Test rankings.

ICC rankings for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 :

ICC Test Championship :

**3 September 2012**
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
South Africa	25	3002	120
England	36	4195	117
Australia	34	3952	116
Pakistan	29	3148	109
India	32	3394	106
Sri Lanka	29	2834	98
West Indies	28	2509	90
New Zealand	24	1832	76
Bangladesh	12	0	0

ICC ODI Championship :

**3 September 2012**
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
England	24	2949	123
India	30	3598	120
South Africa	17	1997	117
Australia	28	3164	113
Sri Lanka	32	3470	108
Pakistan	28	2907	104
West Indies	20	1879	94
New Zealand	17	1258	74
Bangladesh	16	1134	71
Zimbabwe	14	700	50
Ireland	6	207	35
Netherlands	4	63	16
Kenya	4	45	11

ICC Twenty20 Championship :

**8 August 2012**
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
South Africa	11	777	130
England	13	904	129
Sri Lanka	8	593	119
India	8	553	111
West Indies	10	663	111
Pakistan	17	983	109
New Zealand	12	708	101
Bangladesh	8	476	95
Australia	11	560	93
Ireland	11	615	88
Zimbabwe	8	234	47

Test Batsmen:

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	K.C. Sangakkara	SL	892
2	H.M. Amla	SA	869
3	S. Chanderpaul	WI	829
4	J.H. Kallis	SA	822
5	A.B. de Villiers	SA	806
6	M.J. Clarke	AUS	771
7	G.C. Smith	SA	767
8	Younus Khan	PAK	761
9	Azhar Ali	PAK	753
10	K.P. Pietersen	ENG	746

Test Bowlers :

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	D.W. Steyn	SA	881
2	V.D. Philander	SA	852
3	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	832
4	H.M.R.K.B. Herath	SL	782
5	J.M. Anderson	ENG	761
6	B.W. Hilfenhaus	AUS	756
7	P.M. Siddle	AUS	740
8	S.C.J. Broad	ENG	727
9	M. Morkel	SA	724
10	K.A.J. Roach	WI	712

ODI Batsmen:

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	H.M. Amla	SA	871
2	V. Kohli	IND	858
3	A.B. de Villiers	SA	851
4	K.C. Sangakkara	SL	773
5	M.S. Dhoni	IND	745
6	A.N. Cook	ENG	742
7	I.J.L. Trott	ENG	738
8	M.J. Clarke	AUS	704
9	S.R. Watson	AUS	690
10	G. Gambhir	IND	689

ODI Bowlers :

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Mohammad Hafeez	PAK	727
2	L.L. Tsotsobe	SA	725
3	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	696
4	S.T. Finn	ENG	691
5	M. Morkel	SA	686
6	R. Ashwin	IND	681
7	G.P. Swann	ENG	668
8	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	655
9	K.D. Mills	NZ	647
10	Abdur Razzak	BAN	637

Twenty 20 Bowlers :

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	G.P. Swann	ENG	744
2	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	738
3	J. Botha	SA	715
4	Shahid Afridi	PAK	704
5	B.A.W. Mendis	SL	695
6	N.L. McCullum	NZ	682
7	Abdur Razzak	BAN	646
8	S.L. Malinga	SL	644
9	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	642
10	S.C.J. Broad	ENG	638

Twenty20 Batsmen:

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	E.J.G. Morgan	ENG	774
2	M.J. Guptill	NZ	759
3	S. Raina	IND	746
4	C.H. Gayle	WI	741
5	B.B. McCullum	NZ	739
6	D.P.M.D. Jayawardene	SL	731
7	S.R. Watson	AUS	706
8	T.M. Dilshan	SL	693
9	K.C. Sangakkara	SL	684
10	D.A. Warner	AUS	680