India dominates CEAT Cricket Ratings.

Mumbai, 4th September 2002: Sachin Tendulkar's match-winning 193 against England at Leeds has elevated him to the second spot in the CEAT Cricket Ratings for the year 2002-03. Sachin's 30th Test hundred in his 99th Test match has taken his tally of points to 36, only three points behind the current topper, West Indian opener Chris Gayle. Incidentally, Sachin plays his 100th Test this week during the on-going India-England series.

Only two points behind Sachin is his teammate Rahul Dravid, who shares the fifth position with Inzamam-ul-Haq. Dravid has done exceedingly well in the CEAT year 2002-03, scoring centuries in back-to-back Tests in England and becoming the second-fastest Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to complete 5,000 runs in Test cricket.

An Indian (Sachin Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid) might well be occupying the top spot by the time the India-England series ends on the 9th of September. And they might well be joined at the top by the Indian team, which currently occupies the second spot in the CEAT Team Ratings. India has 28 points to its credit so far and trails current leaders Sri Lanka by seven points. A victory in the final Test against England, besides giving India the series, will also take the side to the top of the Team Ratings.

The annual CEAT Cricket Ratings, now in their eighth year, take into account all international cricket played between the 1st of May and the 30th of April. The Player and Team Ratings for the year 2001-02 were topped by Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan and Australia respectively.