Dubai: Rohit Sharma has become the third India batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats of the game after a memorable series against South Africa in which he donned the new role of Test opener.

Rohit emulated captain Virat Kohli and retired India opener Gautam Gambhir as his knock of 212 in the third Test in Ranchi helped him advance 12 places to 10th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings, which were updated on Tuesday (October 23). Sharma’s player of the series effort of 529 runs helped him make huge strides from 44th place before the series.

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Rohit has held a career-high ranking of second in ODIs (in February 2018) and seventh in T20Is (November 2018). Kohli has been number one in all three formats while Gambhir has been at the top in Tests and T20Is and eighth in ODIs.

Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane’s knock of 116 in Ranchi has helped him equal his career-high rank of fifth place, achieved earlier in November 2016. He remains the third-best Indian batsman in terms of Test rankings after Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara. With Mayank Agarwal in 18th position, India have finished the series with five batsmen in the top 20.

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Fast bowlers Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav have ended the series with their highest-ever rating points tally. Shami is on 751 points and only one place below his career-best ranking of 14th achieved in March 2018, while Yadav is on 624 points, three below his best of 21st in July 2016.

For South Africa, George Linde has started in 104th position among batsmen after scores of 37 and 27 and 99th among bowlers after finishing with four wickets.

ICC Test Player Rankings (as of October 23, after the Ranchi Test)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank    (+/-)     Player      Team     Pts    Avge     Rating

1    ( - )    Steve Smith    Aus    937    64.56    947 v SA at Durban 2018

2    ( - )    Virat Kohli    India    926    54.77    937 v Eng at Southampton 2018

3    ( - )    K Williamson NZ    878    52.22    915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019

4    ( - )    C Pujara    India    795    49.39    888 v SL at Nagpur 2017

5    (+4)    A Rahane    India    751    43.20    825 v NZ at Indore 2016

6    (-1)    Henry Nicholls    NZ    749    44.25    778 v Ban at Wellington 2019

7    (-1)    Joe Root    Eng    731    47.91    917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015

8    (-1)    Tom Latham    NZ    724!    44.03    724 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2019

9    (-1)    D Karunaratne    SL    723    36.93    754 v SA at Colombo (SSC) 2018

10    (+12)    Rohit Sharma    India    722!    48.04    722 v SA at Ranchi 2019

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank    (+/-)    Player    Team    Pts    Avge    Highest Rating

1    ( - )    Pat Cummins Aus    908    21.45    914 v Eng at Old Trafford 2019

2    ( - )    K Rabada    SA    839    22.50    902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018

3    (+1)    Jason Holder WI    814!    27.26    814 v India at Jamaica 2019

4    (-1)    J Bumrah    India    810*    19.24    835 v WI at Jamaica 2019

5    ( - )    J Anderson    Eng    798    26.94    903 v India at Lord's 2018

6    ( - )    Trent Boult    NZ    795    27.35    825 v Eng at Lord's 2015

7    (+2)    Neil Wagner    NZ    785    27.51    801 v Ban at Wellington 2019

8    ( - )    V Philander    SA    783    22.16    912 v India at Johannesburg 2013

9    (+1)     Kemar Roach WI    780!    26.94    780 v India at Jamaica 2019

10=    (-3)    R Ashwin     India    770    25.43    904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
     (+1)     M Abbas    Pak    770*    18.86    838 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2018

* indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.

! indicates career-highest rating