POSTED: Saturday February 14th 2009
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India's batsmen are on the move

Yuvraj, Gambhir and Sehwag all on the up in Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen

 

Haddin, Hussey and Johnson keep Australian flag flying as success of Ross Taylor, Kyle Mills and Iain O’Brien reflects a good series for the Black Caps

 

Yuvraj Singh has moved to third in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after a successful series in Sri Lanka.

 

In the five matches of the series, the 27-year-old left-hander scored 284 runs at an average of 56.80 and contributed to India’s 4-1 series win. As a result Yuvraj has gained four places and now sits in third place, just behind Australia’s Michael Hussey in second position and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in top spot.

 

It has been a good period for many of India’s batsmen with Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag also making good progress in the latest rankings. Gambhir has gained eight places and moves up to 12th position while Sehwag’s recent good form has earned him a return to the top 20 as he moves up six places to 15th spot on the list.

 

Another big mover is New Zealand’s Ross Taylor who has put in some classy performances in his side’s drawn series in Australia. Taylor has gained seven places in the latest rankings and now occupies 16th position, level with South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs.

 

All this movement has not been good for everyone, however. Two of the world’s most successful batsmen, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, have both slipped in the latest charts. After a protracted period in the top five, Ponting has dropped five places and now sits in 10th position while Tendulkar has fallen out of the top 20 after losing nine places. He now sits in 21st spot.

 

Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has been presenting a compelling argument as to why he should be considered as a worthy replacement for the retired Adam Gilchrist with the 31-year-old New South Welshman ending up as top scorer from either side in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. Haddin scored a total of 283 runs at an average of 70.75 and in the process gained 31 places in the latest rankings to 38th position.

 

Sadly for India the news is not so positive for its bowlers as it is for the batsmen. Zaheer Khan has dropped five places in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers and now sits in 14th position. The left-armer will, however, have a chance to remedy that situation when his side takes on New Zealand in five ODIs next month.

 

But the news is better for Australia’s Mitchell Johnson who took seven wickets in the series. He has moved up four places and is back into the top 10.

 

Johnson’s team-mate James Hopes is a big mover following that series with the medium-pacer having gained 12 places to 18th spot on the log after averaging 22.71 for the series at an economy-rate of just 3.78.

 

New Zealand’s Kyle Mills has gained two places to third in the rankings with the Black Caps currently boasting two bowlers in the top three as skipper Daniel Vettori is still ranked as the number-one ODI bowler in the world.

 

The biggest mover, however, is their team-mate Iain O’Brien whose 10 wickets in the series have shot him up no fewer than 134 places. But the fast bowler still has a long way to go as he currently occupies 119th position in the rankings.

 

The absent Jacob Oram has slipped a place in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders, moving from second to third in a list still headed by Bangladesh’s Sakib Al Hasan.

 

 

ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 14 February)

 

Batsmen

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points    Ave         HS Rating

 

   1           ( - )          MS Dhoni              Ind          809 !       48.28      809 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009

   2           (+2)         Mike Hussey        Aus        798          55.15      863 v NZ at Perth 2007

   3           (+4)         Yuvraj Singh         Ind          790 !       37.70      790 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009

   4           (-2)          Chris Gayle            WI          783          40.63      804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006

   5           (-2)          S.Chanderpaul      WI          769 !       41.14      769 v NZ at Napier 2009

   6           ( - )          Graeme Smith        SA          741          40.88      792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008

   7           (+1)         Kevin Pietersen    Eng         730          48.36      834 v Aus at Antigua 2007

   8           (+1)         Mohd Yousuf       Pak          716          43.19      777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003

   9           (+1)         AB de Villiers        SA          715          37.62      733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008

  10          (-5)          Ricky Ponting       Aus        705          42.72      832 v NZ at Hobart 2007

  11          (+5)         K Sangakkara        SL           704          36.33      760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007

  12          (+8)         G Gambhir              Ind          703          38.47      713 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009

  13          ( - )          R Sarwan               WI          696          44.17      798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006

  14          ( - )          Jacques Kallis       SA          695          45.30      816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004

  15          (+6)         Virender Sehwag  Ind          692          33.46      774 v NZ at Auckland 2003

  16=        (-1)          Herschelle Gibbs  SA          685          36.04      750 v SL at Durban 2003

                (+7)         Ross Taylor          NZ          685          39.51      699 v Aus at Adelaide 2009

  18          (-7)          Andrew Symonds                Aus        684          40.34      778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007

  19=        (-3)          Shoaib Malik         Pak          683          35.70      690 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2008

                (-3)          Salman Butt           Pak          683          39.77      698 v SL at Karachi 2009

 

Bowlers

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points    Ave         Econ       HS Rating

 

   1           ( - )          Daniel Vettori        NZ          727          32.25      4.16        790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008

   2           ( - )          N Kulasekara        SL           724          26.79      4.41        749 v Pak at Lahore 2009

   3           (+2)         Kyle Mills              NZ          719          25.55      4.60        723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009

   4           (-1)          Nathan Bracken    Aus        700          22.90      4.40        806 v SL at St George’s 2007

   5           (-1)          M Muralidaran     SL           696          22.79      3.89        913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002

   6           ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan  Ban         687 !       30.05      4.02        687 v Zim at Dhaka 2009

   7           ( - )          Stuart Broad          Eng         673          27.58      4.94        701 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008

   8           ( - )          M Mortaza            Ban         671          29.82      4.57        678 v Ind at Port-of-Spain 2007

   9           ( - )          Andrew Flintoff    Eng         662          24.69      4.38        755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003

  10=        (+1)         Jerome Taylor       WI          660          26.26      4.67        688 v SA at Cape Town 2008

                (+4)         Mitchell Johnson Aus        660          25.91      4.85        726 v Ban at Darwin 2008

  12          ( - )          Ajantha Mendis   SL           655*       13.14      3.94        660 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2009

  13          ( - )          Johan Botha          SA          653*!     36.86      4.43        653 v Aus at Perth 2009

  14          (-5)          Zaheer Khan         Ind          645          28.87      4.84        700 v SA at Dhaka 2003

  15          (+2)         Umar Gul                Pak          640 !       25.24      4.92        640 v SL at Lahore 2009

  16          (+2)         Sohail Tanvir        Pak          639*       27.34      4.93        673 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2008

  17          (+2)         Daren Powell         WI          636          31.60      4.70        686 v Aus at St George’s 2008

  18          (+12)       James Hopes         Aus        635*       32.23      4.21        646 v NZ at Adelaide 2009

  19          (-4)          Jacob Oram           NZ          629          30.25      4.38        768 v Aus at The Oval 2004

  20=        (+1)         Shahid Afridi        Pak          625          35.51      4.63        685 v Ind at Dhaka 2008

                (-4)          Brett Lee                Aus        625          22.96      4.71        853 v SA at Melbourne 2006

 

All-rounders

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points                    HS Rating

 

   1           ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan  Ban         403!                        403 v Zim at Dhaka 2009

   2           (+1)         Andrew Flintoff    Eng         366                         544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004

   3           (-1)          Jacob Oram           NZ          350                         383 v WI at Queenstown 2008

   4           ( - )          Shoaib Malik         Pak          340                         402 v WI at Brisbane 2005

   5           ( - )          Chris Gayle            WI          336                         511 v Zim at Harare 2003

 

*Indicates a provisional rating

 

For more information go to www.reliancemobileiccrankings.com.

 

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