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Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar hit opportune centuries as India came up with a spirited batting display to salvage a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Friday.

India opener Gautam Gambhir maintained his top rank and Sachin Tendulkar moved two rungs up to 13th in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen, issued on Friday.

India beat Sri Lanka by an inning and 269 runs on fourth day of the second Test at Kanpur to climb at the top spot in Test rankings on Friday. India now lead the three Test match series 1-0.

Yuvraj Singh (117) and Virender Sehwag (116) cracked blistering centuries to propel India to a record 363 for five in the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.

Gautam Gambhir became the number one batsman, replacing Pakistani run-machine Mohammad Yousuf in the latest ICC Test Player rankings issued on Wednesday.

After blowing England away with his hurricane hitting despite a bad back, Yuvraj Singh has bounced back strongly into contention as the man most likely to take over the spot left vacant by the retirement of Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Test middle-order.

India became the number one team in Test rankings after they spanked Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test, on Sunday, to clinch the three-match series by a 2-0 margin.

The hallmark of this new-look Indian outfit is that an in-form player has the responsibility to carry the team on his shoulders through the series and Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir are living up to that role, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said.

As opener Gautam Gambhir hogged the limelight on the first day of third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Ferozshah Kotla stadium, India skipper Anil Kumble quietly touched another milestone, becoming the second most capped Indian Test player.