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India's Test captain Virat Kohli has dropped out of ICC's top-10 list for batsmen in the five-day format.
However, Ravichandran Ashwin's remarkable outing in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka helped him earn a place to eighth in bowling while holding the second spot in the all-rounders' rankings.
Kohli, who was in the top-10 for a long time, is now placed 11th. The Indian captain has so far managed 194 in four innings (@ 48.5) on the tour and sits third on the batting charts.
He made 103 in the opening Test in Galle and 78 in the first innings at the P Sara Oval. However, in the second innings of the latter he managed only 10.
The big Indian mover in the latest batting rankings are Ajinkya Rahane (up two places to a career-high 20th) while Lokesh Rahul (up 30 places to 87th) and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha (up 15 places to 100th) also climbed up the ladder.
Ashwin's match tally of seven for 118 in Colombo has helped the off-spinner overtake Rangana Herath into eighth place on 769 points.
The biggest mover in the bowling rankings, though, was India leg-spinner Amit Mishra, whose match haul of seven for 72 has helped him move up 42 places to a career-high 39th.
Ashwin has also gained ground on Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan in the rankings for all-rounders and has reduced the deficit on the leader to 43 points.
In the deciding third and final Test between Sri Lanka and India, which starts at Colombo on Friday, if India win the series 2-1, it will overtake New Zealand and move into fifth place.
But a Sri Lanka win would see them overtake India into sixth place. In the event of a 1-1 tie, India would remain in sixth spot, four points clear of the Lankans.