Galle, July 26: India's middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara will be aiming to break into the top three in the ICC Players Rankings for Test batsmen.
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The right-hander trails number-three ranked Kane Williamson of New Zealand by 34 points. Steve Smith is the number-one ranked batsman and he is followed by England captain Joe Root.
Pujara and his team-mates are involved in a 3-Test series against Sri Lanka, which started .
Despite missing 10th ranked KL Rahul, India have captain Virat Kohli (5th) and Ajinkya Rahane (11th) inside the top 20, while the next highest-ranked India batsman is wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who is ranked 47th, while Rohit Sharma is 48th.
As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, 19th ranked Angelo Mathews is its highest-ranked batsman. He is followed by Kusal Mendis, who shares 24th place with an absent Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (44th) and Upul Tharanga (45th).
Among the bowlers, India's left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja will start as the number-one ranked bowler, leading Sri Lanka's stand-in captain Rangana Herath by 32 points.
Other bowlers who feature prominently in the player rankings and will be aiming to make upward movements include Ravichandran Ashwin (third), Dilruwan Perera (18th), Umesh Yadav (22nd), Mohammed Shami (24th), Ishant Sharma (29th), Nuwan Pradeep (33rd), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (35th) and Suranga Lakmal (36th).
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