Dubai: As India hasn’t played any international cricket after the Asia Cup, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni slipped one spot down to fifth while his deputy Virat Kohli remained static at third in the latest ICC ODI batsmen's chart released on Sunday. Dhoni now shares the fifth spot with England ODI captain Alastair Cook, who impressed in the home series against the West Indies. Both have 752 points to their credit in the list headed by Hashim Amla (871) of South Africa.
Kohli has 846 points to his credit. The only other Indian batsman in the top 20 is Guatam Gambhir who remained unchanged at 17th spot on 666 points.
Among bowlers, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was the lone Indian in the top 10 as he jumped one place to fifth with 676 points in the list still headed by Lonwabo Tsotsobe of South Africa (743 points).
Meanwhile, in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table, India are at third spot with 117 rating points behind Australia (123) and South Africa (118).
England and Sri Lanka are now on 112 ratings points each, but the former is ranked above in fourth position when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
Kumar Sangakkara too impressive gains after the completion of Sri Lanka-Pakistan series.
Sangakkara is now ranked fourth after moving up two places, while Cook has joined Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Jonathan Trott in fifth position after rising two places.
Both Sangakkara and Cook played leading roles in their sides’ series wins. While Sangakkara scored 164 runs at an average of 41 and a top score of 97, Cook scored 112 runs in two matches, with one century. In the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series, talented middle-order batsman Azhar Ali, who was the highest run-getter from either side with 217 runs in five games, is now ranked 81st (up by 48 places), while England’s comeback man Ian Bell has been rewarded for his 179 runs in two matches with a jump of 11 places to 49th.
The other batsmen to make movements are Chris Gayle in 31st (up by one), Angelo Mathews in 37th (up by 11) and Asad Shafiq in 68th (up by 13).
The batsmen who have slipped in the latest rankings are Tillekaratne Dilshan in 10th (down by two) and Mohammad Hafeez in 47th (down by nine).
Meanwhile, in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, Lasith Malinga returned to the top 20, moving up a place from 21st, whereas Thisara Perera, who picked up 11 wickets in the series against Pakistan including a hat-trick and a best of six for 44, has moved up a place to 38th.
