After seven years in the wilderness, the Bengal Tiger -- Sourav Ganguly -- has returned with a bang and is among the top 20 in the world test rankings. Sourav Ganguly is ranked at 20th spot with 657 rating points.

Interestingly, this is the first time in 7 years that Sourav Ganguly has made it into the top 20. The 33-year old earned the 'Man of the Series Award' after he scored 534 runs in the 3-match Test series against Pakistan. The series also witnessed Sourav score his highest ever Test score of 239 runs in the first innings of the 3rd Test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

While, Sachin Tendulkar dropped a rung to 19th. On the bowling front, India's Test captain Anil Kumble is relishing his time in charge and the veteran leg-spinner took 18 wickets in the three-Test series to move up two places to fifth in the bowlers list.

Some important facts:-

-- Sourav Ganguly, for the first time in his career, has amassed 1000 runs in a calendar year - 1023 runs (Avg 63.93) including three centuries and four fifties in 9 Tests. His previous best year in terms of run-aggregate was 945 runs at an average of 41.08 in 16 Tests in 2002.

-- Ganguly aggregated 534 runs in the just concluded series at an average of 89.00 - the second best tally by an Indian batsman in a three-Test series, next only to Virender Sehwag's tally of 544 (Avg 90.67), including two centuries, against Pakistan in India in 2004-05.

-- Ganguly (239 + 91) became the first batsman to post a double century and a ninety in the same Test match.

(With inputs from PTI)