Dubai: Four Indians, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir and R Ashwin are in the top ten list of the latest ICC ODI player rankings. Virat Kohli is at number two Dhoni is at number six and Gambhir is at number nine in the batsmen’s list. R Ashwin at number four is the lone Indian bowler in top ten.
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has moved up two places to replace teammate Mohammad Hafeez as the number-one ranked bowler in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers.
The latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings that were released on Thursday incorporateboth the Pakistan-Australia and England-South Africa ODI series.
Saeed was the highest wicket-taker in the series against Australia. He picked 10 wickets at an economy rate of 3.41 with an average of 9.9 in the series. His overall rating of 759 is his career-best.
Meanwhile, Hafeez has slipped to second position in the bowlers' table. Hafeez achieved his career-best rating of 762 during the series, but finally ended at 747. However, Hafeez has moved up a place to second in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders with a career-best rating of 413.
South Africa paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who headed the bowlers' table before the two series began, is now ranked third.
Other bowlers dropping down the rankings include Morne Morkel in fifth (down by one), Steven Finn in sixth (down by one), Shahid Afridi in 19th (down by three), Tim Bresnan in 38th (down by six) and Sohail Tanvir in 56th (down by nine).
South Africa paceman Dale Steyn has re-entered the top 10 in the bowlers' table. He has moved up four places to 10th.
Steyn's teammate Robin Peterson, who was the highest wicket-taker on either side in the series against England with seven wickets, has moved up 12 places to a career-best 29th. Peterson's overall rating of 575 is his career-best.
The other bowlers to make upward movements include Mitchell Johnson in 18th (up by one) Wayne Parnell in 44th (up by 16), Abdur Rehman in 61st (up by 12), Mitchell Starc in 76th (up by 55), Jade Dernbach in 79th (up by 10), Ravi Bopara in 80th (up by 27) and James Pattinson in 87th (up by 47).
South Africa's Hashim Amla, who was the highest run-getter on either side in the series against England with 335 runs, has consolidated his position as the number-one ranked batsman, followed by Virat Kohli in second position and AB de Villiers in third. Amla's overall rating of 901 is the highest of his career and is the eighth best in history.
Jonathan Trott in fifth (up by two) and Michael Clarke in seventh (up by one) have also made gains in the top ten of the latest batting table. Michael Hussey, meanwhile, is now tenth in the table, moving up four places.
The other batsmen to make upward movements include Eoin Morgan in 13th (up by five), Ian Bell in 32nd (up by five), Mohammad Hafeez in 42nd (up by one), Craig Kieswetter in 43rd (up by five), George Bailey in 49th (up by 21), Azhar Ali in 52nd (up by 21), Asad Shafiq in 55th (up by seven) and Nasir Jamshed in 78th (up by 35).
Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal has re-entered the rankings at 78th.
England captain Alastair Cook has moved down two places to eighth. The other batsmen losing ground include Jean-Paul Duminy in 22nd (down by three), Graeme Smith in 26th (down by five), Misbah-ul-Haq in 28th (down by one), David Hussey in 34th (down by two), David Warner in 36th (down by one), Shahid Afridi in 44th (down by two), Ravi Bopara in 49th (down by five) and Francois du Plessis in 73rd (down by 10).
The Reliance ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders is still headed by Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan.
Meanwhile, there has been no change in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table, with England retaining the number-one position. England will hold the position until at least January 2013, when it travels to India for a five-match ODI series.
AB de Villiers' South Africa sits in second place,despite being on equal points with England after the 2-2 series result, when ratings points are calculated to within the decimal point, South Africa trails England by a mere 0.09 ratings point.
Australia's 2-1 series win over Pakistan has gained it one rating point to retain fourth position in the table. Pakistan stays at sixth after losing one rating point.
Reliance ICC ODI Championship (as of 6 September, after England-South Africa and Pakistan-Australia series)
Rank Team Rating
1 England 121
2 South Africa 121
3 India 120
4 Australia 113
5 Sri Lanka 108
6 Pakistan 104
7 West Indies 94
8 New Zealand 74
9 Bangladesh 71
10 Zimbabwe 50
11 Ireland 35
12 Netherlands 16
13 Kenya 11
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC ODI Rankings (as on 6 September, after England-South Africa and Pakistan-Australia series)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 901! 59.55 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
2 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 858 51.81 866 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2012
3 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 852! 49.21 852 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
4 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 773 38.72 781 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2012
5 (+2) Jonathan Trott Eng 749 49.06 781 v Ind at Mumbai 2011
6 (-1) MS Dhoni Ind 745 51.17 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
7 (+1) Michael Clarke Aus 718 45.48 750 v SL at Melbourne 2008
8 (-2) Alastair Cook Eng 707 40.01 752 v Aus at Lord's 2012
9 (+1) Gautam Gambhir Ind 689 40.94 722 v NZ at Vadodara 2010
10 (+4) Mike Hussey Aus 688 48.15 857 v NZ at Perth 2007
11 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 683! 35.63 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012
12 (-3) Shane Watson Aus 680 41.48 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011
13= (+5) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 674 40.70 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
( - ) Umar Akmal Pak 674 38.00 702 v Afg at Sharjah 2012
15= ( - ) T Dilshan SL 667 35.15 765 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011
( - ) Brendan Taylor Zim 667! 34.84 667 v NZ at Napier 2012
( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 667 38.19 693 v Aus at Adelaide 2009
18 (-6) Jacques Kallis SA 664 45.26 817 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
19 (+1) Paul Stirling Ire 640* 39.13 650 v Sco at Edinburgh 2011
20 (+1) M Jayawardena SL 639 33.34 738 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Ranking
22 (-3) JP Duminy SA 636 40.01 668 v Net at Mohali 2011
26 (-5) Graeme Smith SA 628 38.71 784 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
28 (-1) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 617 42.18 623 v WI at Barbados 2011
32 (+5) Ian Bell Eng 591 36.02 702 v Ind at Edgbaston 2007
34 (-2) David Hussey Aus 575 32.70 630 v SL at Melbourne 2012
36 (-1) David Warner Aus 568* 30.88 589 v Eng at Lord's 2012
42 (+1) M Hafeez Pak 553 27.13 583 v SL at Sharjah 2011
43 (+5) C Kieswetter Eng 547*! 30.66 547 v SA at Trent Bridge 2012
44 (-2) Shahid Afridi Pak 539 23.34 663 v Ind at Lahore 1997
49= (-5) Ravi Bopara Eng 516 30.62 543 v SA at Cardiff 2012
(+21) George Bailey Aus 516* 40.09 545 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
52 (+21) Azhar Ali Pak 512*! 49.00 512 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
55 (+7) Asad Shafiq Pak 504*! 30.00 504 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
73 (-10) F du Plessis SA 462* 28.15 492 v Eng at Southampton 2012
78= (RE) Kamran Akmal Pak 449 27.12 557 v Eng at Southampton 2010
(+35) Nasir Jamshed Pak 449*! 42.00 449 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
111 (+9) Samit Patel Eng 374* 31.30 376 v SA at Lord's 2012
114 (NEW) Glenn Maxwell Aus 366*! 41.33 366 v Pak at Sharjah 2012
118 (+13) Matthew Wade Aus 359* 22.75 401 v SL at Adelaide 2012
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Ranking
1 (+2) Saeed Ajmal Pak 759! 23.26 4.14 759 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
2 ( - ) M Hafeez Pak 747 32.86 4.04 762 v Aus at Abu Dhabi 2012
3 (-2) L Tsotsobe SA 690* 22.05 4.67 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012
4 (+2) R Ashwin Ind 681 30.50 4.78 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012
5 (-1) Morne Morkel SA 676 23.32 4.87 717 v SL at East London 2012
6 (-1) Steven Finn Eng 668* 25.90 4.67 711 v Aus at Durham 2012
7 ( - ) Graeme Swann Eng 661 26.31 4.47 735 v Ind at Hyderabad 2011
8 ( - ) S Al Hasan Ban 655 28.85 4.29 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
9 ( - ) Kyle Mills NZ 647 25.99 4.69 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
10 (+4) Dale Steyn SA 644 28.20 5.03 666 v Ind at Nagpur 2011
11 ( - ) Abdur Razzak Ban 637 28.12 4.48 675 v Zim at Chittagong 2010
12 ( - ) Sunil Narine WI 634*! 18.82 3.66 634 v NZ at St Kitts 2012
13 ( - ) Jacob Oram NZ 630 28.92 4.37 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
14 (-4) Clint McKay Aus 626* 22.40 4.68 639 v Eng at Old Trafford 2012
15 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 624 30.54 5.01 687 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
16 (+1) Tim Southee NZ 617! 31.09 5.20 617 v WI at St Kitts 2012
17 (+1) Ray Price Zim 614 35.75 3.94 722 v WI at Guyana 2010
18 (+1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 611 25.52 4.85 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
19 (-3) Shahid Afridi Pak 605 33.69 4.60 673 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
20 ( - ) Lasith Malinga SL 604 26.57 5.10 674 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Ranking
29 (+12) Robin Peterson SA 575! 33.94 4.68 575 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
38 (-6) Tim Bresnan Eng 543 35.76 5.37 605 v Ind at The Oval 2011
44 (+16) Wayne Parnell SA 506* 32.32 5.57 515 v Eng at The Oval 2012
56 (-9) Sohail Tanvir Pak 466 33.45 5.14 633 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2008
61 (+12) Abdur Rehman Pak 454*! 45.19 4.23 454 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
76 (+55) Mitchell Starc Aus 412*! 20.95 5.09 412 v Pak at Sharjah 2012
79 (+10) Jade Dernbach Eng 402* 36.80 6.04 416 v SA at The Oval 2012
80 (+27) Ravi Bopara Eng 401*! 37.25 4.63 401 v SA at Trent Bridge 2012
87 (+47) James Pattinson Aus 389*! 31.20 5.07 389 v Pak at Sharjah 2012
111 (+22) James Tredwell Eng 329* 30.63 4.95 333 v SA at Lord's 2012
115 (+8) Junaid Khan Pak 320*! 27.52 5.06 320 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
124 (+8) Michael Clarke Aus 301 37.12 5.01 435 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2009
128 (RE) Ryan McLaren SA 282* 49.88 5.10 315 v WI at Trinidad 2010
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Ranking
1 ( - ) S Al Hasan Ban 447 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 (+1) M Hafeez Pak 413! 413 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
3 (-1) Shane Watson Aus 395 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012
4 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 326 383 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
5 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 313 506 v WI at Barbados 2001
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Ranking
15 (+1) JP Duminy SA 230/*! 230 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
16 (+13) Michael Clarke Aus 216 305 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2009
20 (+12) Ravi Bopara Eng 207/*! 207 v SA at Trent Bridge 2012
By Indian Sports News Network
