India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved up the order in the
Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after producing a player of
the series performance in the recently-concluded series against
England.Dhoni finished the series as the leading run-getter with 236 runs at an
average of little under 79. For this achievement, he has been rewarded
with a jump of three places which not only puts him in sixth position
but also makes him the highest-ranked India batsmen after Virat Kohli
dropped three places to ninth position after scoring 194 runs in the
series.Also moving in the right direction from the series in England is home
side's Jonathan Trott who won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC
Cricketer of the Year award at the LG ICC Awards in London last week.
Trott scored 111 runs from four matches and improved his own rating by
six points which has helped him leapfrog Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara
into fourth position.Both Dhoni and Trott will be aiming to further climb the ladder when
they go head to head in the five-ODI series which starts in Hyderabad on
Friday 14 October. While Dhoni last topped the batting chart in June
2010, Trott is enjoying his career-best ranking to date and is also in
his qualification period. A batsman qualifies for full rating after a
minimum of 40 started innings and to date Trott has 34 started innings
in 35 appearances.Left-handed Suresh Raina was the second leading run-getter with 198
runs, which has provided him a jump of five places to 30th spot. Ravi
Bopara's effort of 197 runs in the series has earned him a leap of 14
places and puts him in 64th spot.India's Rahul Dravid has signed off on an illustrious ODI career in
118th position after playing his first series in two years. The former
captain scored 128 runs in his final series which earned him three
places in the batting chart.Dravid's low ranking is largely due to the fact that he didn't play ODI
cricket since India's victory over the West Indies in a league match of
the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 in South Africa.Dravid's 10,899 in 344 ODIs with 12 centuries and 83 half-centuries
makes him the seventh highest run-getter in the history of ODI behind
Sachin Tendulkar (18,111), Ricky Ponting (13,602), Sanath Jayasuriya
(13,430), Inzamam-ul-Haq (11,739), Sourav Ganguly (11,363) and Jacques
Kallis (11,227).During his career, the 38-year-old from Bangalore reached a
highest-ranking of fifth after the Edgbaston ODI against England on 27
August 2007 when he scored 56 in India's 42-run victory. He achieved his
highest rating of 749 on 18 May 2006 after his match-winning 105
against the West Indies at Sabina Park.Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez and Younus Khan have also made the most of
the series against Zimbabwe which concluded with a 3-0 win for the
visitors.Hafeez, who won the player of the series award, and former captain
Younus have both jumped 11 places each which have left them in 37th and
40th positions, respectively. Umar Akmal has gained one place and is
Pakistan's highest-ranked batsman in 17th spot.Rival captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Brendan Taylor have also improved their
rankings. Misbah is in 28th position after gaining one place while
Taylor has vaulted four places to 34th position.In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, England's Graeme
Swann has strengthened his position at the top of the tree. The
off-spinner earned 25 ratings position for his eight wickets in the
series which have put him on a career-best 750 ratings points.India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is the biggest mover. Ashwin took
six wickets against England and jumped 34 places to 41st spot. Also
rising in the rankings are England's fast bowler James Anderson in 11th
(up by two places), Praveen Kumar of India in 21st (up by four places)
and Mohammad Hafeez in 23rd (up by three places).Bowlers losing ground include Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan in seventh (down
by three places), England fast bowler Stuart Broad in 26th (down by four
places) and Munaf Patel of India in 33rd (down by six places).In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders, Pakistan's
Mohammad Hafeez has broken into the top three for the first time in his
career. Hafeez scored 188 runs and took two wickets against England
which has helped him to climb three places to third spot.The list is still headed by Shane Watson of Australia with Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan in second position
