Dravid 'The Wall' on top of Ceat Cricket Ratings.

Mumbai, September 12, 2002: Rahul Dravid's magnificent 217 in the final Test against England has elevated him to the top of the current CEAT Cricket Ratings. Dravid (total 53 points) gained a total of 17 points as he became the first contemporary Indian cricketer to score a Test double hundred on foreign soil.

This is the first time an Indian has secured the top spot in the CEAT Cricket Ratings for the year 2002-03.

England's Michael Vaughan who was in supreme touch in the Test series against the Indians, amassing a whopping 615 runs, is in the second place (46 points) in the CEAT Cricket Ratings.

Sachin Tendulkar after his 100th Test enjoys the fourth spot in the CEAT Cricket Ratings with 38 points, one point less that West Indian Chris Gayle.

The other Indians in the 'top 15' are Harbhajan Singh and Sourav Ganguly who share the 12th spot with 28 points each.

'Team India' has maintained its second spot in the CEAT Cricket Rating Team Rankings with a total of 28 points. Sri Lanka who get ready to host the ICC Champions Trophy starting Sept 12th, lead the Team Ratings with 35 points.

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.