Cheteshwar Pujara, India's new wall deserves a look-in into the ODI-fold. With his sound technique and excellent temperament he could win many one-dayers for India like the recently retired Rahul Dravid. Dubai: India's batting sensation Cheteshwar Pujara climbed two places to be at fifth spot, while Virat Kohli slipped a position at number 11 in the latest ICC Test rankings issued today.
Pujara, with career-best 851 points, remained the best-placed Indian batsman in the top-10, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin stayed put at the seventh position in the bowlers' chart. In the all-rounder's ranking, Ashwin continued to rule the roost.
South Africa's AB de Villiers leads the Test batsmen table with 912 points followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul (876) of West Indies and Ross Taylor (871) from New Zealand. Kohli has 739 rating points.
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha fell one spot to ninth position in the bowlers' table, led by South Africa's Vernon Philander. Ojha lost his place to Australian speedster Mitchel Johnson, who had a sensational Ashes series where he claimed 37 wickets in five Tests.
Philander was followed by his teammate Dale Steyn and Australia's Ryan Harris.
The latest to join the cricket Wags club is none other than the gorgeous squash player Dipika Pallikal who got engaged to wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik in a gala function at the Taj Grand Chola in Chennai recently. 
Dinesh and Dipika, cupid struck at a gym in Chennai. It was not love at first sight. They began with exchanging pleasantries and became friends before their hearts united. Both train under the same fitness expert who incidentally also coaches an IPL team.In February last year Dinesh apparently travelled all the way to the UK where Dipika was training, to surprise her. And during India’s victorious Champion’s Trophy campaign in London, the two were often spotted spending quality time together. After one solid year of hiding it, they have now made their relationship public.Dinesh considers Dipika his lucky charm since the cricketer made his way back into the Indian team earlier this year and has been performing quite well.These two women are probably the most popular names amongst the Indian cricket WAGs. While Dr. Anjali Tendulkar (wife of the greatest cricketer in the world, Sachin Tendulkar) is on a totally different league of her own, Sakshi Dhoni (wife of India's captain cool MS Dhoni) is far junior as compared to Anjali but this petite wife of the Indian captain leads the WAGs camp in this list.Sachin and Anjali got married in 1995, The couple have two children-Sara and Arjun.India's captain cool broke the hearts of millions of Indian girls in 2010 when he married Sakshi Singh Rawat, a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on July 4. At the time of their marriage, Sakshi was studying Hotel Management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata. Australian skipper Michael Clarke was in much news for his affair with hot model Lara Bingle. However, the duo parted ways and next we hear Clarke marrying model and presenter Kyly Boldy on 15 May 2012 in a quiet little ceremony. Well, good enough for 'Pup'.India's former swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag married Aarti Ahlawat in a much publicized wedding hosted by Arun Jaitley, the then Union law minister of India, at his residence. The couple have two sons, Aryavir, born in 2007 and Vedant, born in 2010.India's new breed of cricketers and one of the most talented lot Cheteshwar Pujara was quick enough to break hearts as soon as he rose to stardom in the Test against England in 2012. Pujara got engaged to Pooja Pabri in November 2012 and the wedding took place on 13 February 2013 in Rajkot.Another Indian opener Gautam Gambhir who was the ICC player of the year in 2009 tied the knot with this pretty Delhi girl Natasha Jain in 2011. The star of Indian's win against Australia in the first Test match in Chennai in the ongoing India-Australia Series and one of India's best spinners R.Ashwin married his childhood sweetheart Preethi Narayanan in November 30, 2011.The current sensation in the Indian squad, Shikhar Dhawan surely set fire on the field with his debut Test against Australia in Mohali but his equally hot wife, Ayesha Mukherjee (who is half British and half Bengali) also has the heat turning on in the WAGs camp. One of the newest WAGs to join the bandwagon, we are hoping to see more of this Bong beauty off the field.Well, As for the Indian spinner Bhajji, it is not very sure if he is single or in a relationship although he was involved with model cum actor Geeta Basra for a long time. The two had been 'almost married off' but both Bhajji and Geeta denies to be seeing each other as of now. But ofcourse, pictures say a different tale. Geeta Basra was first seen in Emraan Hashmi-starrer Dil Diya Hai in 2006. Her second release, The Train (2007), was also opposite Hashmi. Meanwhile, Basra is doing an item number in the movie 'Zilla Ghaziabad' opposite Arshad Warsi and Vivek Oberoi.This controversial Australian Vice Captain Shane Watson who was in news lately for all the wrong reasons is married to Lee Furlong, a former presenter with Fox Sports. The new parents are blessed with a baby boy on March 14, 2013.The most expensive player in the IPL auction 2013 is dating this beautiful girl named Jayne Egeberg.Australian opener David Warner is dating Samantha Williams.Australian pacer Peter Siddle is dating the beautiful Anna Weatherlake who works in a radio station. Anna follows a vegetarian diet and seeing Anna, Siddle also became a vegetarian.Australian bowler xavier Doherty is married to Emma Doherty.Former Aussie spinner Brad Hogg with his fiancee Cheryl Bresland.This is one deadly combination-a cricketer and a karate black belt. Well, Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson is married to former karate black belt and model Jessica Bratich Johnson. Seems like Mitch really plays it safe with his wife.Aussie wicket keeper Wade is dating hot and sultry Julia Barry for the past seven years.England captain Alastair Cook married his childhood sweetheart Alice Hunt in 2011. Cook captained England to its first Test series victory on Indian soil since 1984–85. During the tour he broke the record for most Test centuries for England, 23 and became the first captain to score a century in each of his first five Tests in charge.South African born English batsmen Kevin Pietersen is married to Liberty X singer Jessica Taylor.Kevin Pietersen and Jessica got married on 29 December 2007. Jessica gave birth to the couple's first child, a baby son Dylan, on 11 May 2010. Pietersen made a dash back across the Atlantic, from where he was on tour with the England side, in Barbados, West Indies, in a bid to be present at the birth. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is married to Ellissa McCullum (née Arthur), an Australian from Caniaba, New South Wales.They have a son Riley and a daughter Maya.South African skipper Graeme Smith is married to Irish singer Morgan Deane. The couple are blessed with a daughter, Cadence Christine Smith.One of the most romantic of the lot, South African cricketer AB de Villiers popped the question to his girlfriend Danielle Swart in front of the historic Taj Mahal. The couple got engaged shortly in 2012. This was a wedding that created ripples across the world. Not because both the bride and groom are accomplished sport stars in their respective field but because they belonged to two different countries with traditional rivalry. Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik tied the knot with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in 2010 and both have grown stronger in their respective sport ever since.Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene is married to Christina Mallika Sirisena who is a travel consultant.Both Mahela Jayawardene and Christina Mallika Sirisena are known to be party animals.Srilankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is married to his longtime partner, Yehali. They have one girl and a boy: Swari and Kavith.One of the greatest all-rounders ever, South African cricketer Jacques Kallis is dating one of the hottest models in South Africa, Sharmone Jardin. Earlier, Kallis had dated former Miss South Africa, Cindy Nell.Actress Soha Ali Khan and Cricketer Pragyan Ojha's wife Karabee Kailash during an event in Mumbai. - PTI
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