After becoming the highest run getter in Test cricket, the Liitle Master Sachin Tendulkar has catapulted back among the top 20 Test batsmen in ICC test rating. 

Now he stands at number 19 in the ICC list. He was at 24th spot before the biginning of Mohali test; that was his lowest position in last 15 years. 

In the same match the 35-year-old Mumbai player became the highest scoring Test batsman in history of world cricket overtaking the record of 11,953 runs set by West Indies' Brian Lara.

The Maharaja of Indian cricket Sourav Ganguly, who hit a century in the first innings of the second Test has also improved his position. The ranking shows his position at 23rd. 

Earlier he was in 25th position. But Virender Sehwag's good show with the bat saw him move into the top 10.

ICC TEST RANKINGS

Batsmen

1. S. Chanderpaul (WI) 2. K. Sangakkara (SL) 3. Mike Hussey (Aus) 4. Mohd Yousuf (Pak) 5. Ricky Ponting (Aus) 6. M Jayawardene (SL) 7. Kevin Pietersen (Eng) 8. Younis Khan (Pak) 9. Jacques Kallis (SA) 10. Virender Sehwag (Ind).

Bowlers

1. M. Muralidharan (SL) 2. Stuart Clark (Aus) 3. Dale Steyn (SA) 4. Brett Lee (Aus) 5. Makhaya Ntini (SA) 6. Ryan Sidebottom (Eng) 7= Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 9. Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 10. Shane Bond (NZ).