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South Africa's Jacques Kallis and India's Sachin Tendulkar share the number-one position in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen after their contributions dominated the third Test at Newlands.With Kallis scoring back-to-back hundreds in the Test, the second of which was made despite a side strain and Tendulkar hitting 146 in India's first innings and then 14 not out in the second, both players have 883 ratings points - one more than Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara. The duo's achievements led to many comparisons of their records during an entertaining Test match in Cape Town, and it seems somewhat appropriate that they have surpassed Sangakkara after lighting up a riveting Test series. It is the 10th time that Tendulkar has claimed the number-one ranking the most recent being in October after his magnificent 214 and 53 not out against Australia.Kallis last surged to the top of the batting table in October 2005 after the Sydney Test against Australia, while he first topped the chart after the Newlands Test against England in January 2005. He earned 77 ratings points from the series against India in which he scored 498 runs.
