Sangakkara back on top in ICC Test rankings

Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara has regained the number one position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his 150 against the West Indies at the drawn second Test in Colombo.

Sangakkara replaced India's Sachin Tendulkar with 882 rating points in comparison to Tendulkar's 859.

Sangakkara hit his 24th Test Century during the rain-drawn second Test match against West Indies at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo last week.

Sri Lanka's vice captain Mahela Jayawardena made it in the list at 6th place with 781 points, 12 points behind South Africa's AB de Villiers while Thilan Samaraweera placed at the 10th position with 763 points.

India's Virendar Sehwage was positioned as the third highest scoring Test batsman with 9 points behind Tendulkar.