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India openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag are heading in different directions in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after contrasting performances in the Wellington Test which ended in a draw on Tuesday.

Gambhir has been rewarded with a rise of one place following his scores of 23 and 167 and the Delhi batsman now sits in career-bes t fourth position with third-placed Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka firmly within his sights.

The 27-year-old left-hander has climbed five places in the series after contributing 445 runs with the bat, including two centuries and a half-century. Gambhir is also enjoying the form of his career as in the last eight Tests he has scored 1,269 runs and has vaulted 33 places in the rankings.

In contrast, Gambhir's partner Sehwag has dropped three places to 20th position after scores of 48 and 12. The 30-year-old master blaster had started the series in 14th position but he has lost six places after scoring just 140 runs in five innings.

Besides Sehwag, VVS Laxman has also slipped one place to 16th position while captain MS Dhoni has jumped five places to share 31st spot with England's Ian Bell. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have retained their 14th and 26th positions respectively.

Ross Taylor has become the highest-ranked New Zealand batsman after his contributions of 42 and 107. The 25-year-old from Wellington has rocketed five places to 27th position and has gained a total of seven places in the table after a series total of 322 runs, including two centuries.

While captain Daniel Vettori has held on to his 33rd place in the batting table, Jesse Ryder's double failure in Wellington has dropped him five places to 35th position while wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum has also slipped three places to 37th position.

The batting list is still headed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies with Pakistan captain Younus Khan in second place and Sangakkara in third position.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, India fast bowler Zaheer Khan has climbed two places to 12th position after his match figures of 7-122 but his new-ball partner Ishant Sharma has slipped out of the top 20 after claiming just one wicket in Wellington. Sharma, who rose to a career-best 17th position after the second Test in Napier, has dropped five places to 22nd position.

Meanwhile, New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin has returned to the top 20 after slipping to 21st position following the first Test in Hamilton. Martin, who took 7-168 in the drawn Test, has leaped three places to become the second Black Caps' bowler in the top 20 in 18th position, four places behind Vettori who has slipped two spots to 14th position.

The bowling table is still headed by Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralidharan with Dale Steyn of South Africa in second place and Australia's Mitchell Johnson third.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders there has been no change at the top, with South Africa's Jacques Kallis still leading the way.

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