28 August,2012 08:02 AM IST | | IANS
Ashwin's spells of six for 31 and six for 54 led his side to an innings and 115 runs victory, and also fetched him the player of the match award. The win also gave India a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.
Ashwin backed up his bowling performance with a handy knock of 37 in India's total of 438. The show with the bat has helped Ashwin move up by three places to 78th in the rankings for Test batsmen, while the combined performance with the bat and the ball has given him a career-high 12th position (up by 14 places) in the Test all-rounders standings.
Ravichandran Ashwin. Pic/AFP
Ashwin's team-mate, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who ended with a match haul of six for 92, has also jumped six places to 15th spot, which is also his career best ranking.
Meanwhile, the only centurion in the Hyderabad Test, Cheteshwar Pujara, has re-entered the batsmen rankings in 58th position.
The India batsmen to make upward movements are Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 40th position (up by three) and Virat Kohli in 49th spot (up by two).
Sachin out of top 10
Sachin Tendulkar has dropped out of the top 10 and is now in 11th place while Suresh Raina has slipped seven places to 80th.
The rankings for Test all-rounders is still headed by Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan with South Africa's Jacques Kallis in second spot.
