South Africa's victory in the five-match ODI series against India on Sunday has coincided with its key performers making rapid progress in the Reliance ICC ODI Rankings.
Man of the Series fast bowler Morne Morkel, who ended with 12 wickets, moved up by 10 places to secure the second spot behind New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori in the Reliance ICC ODI Rankings for bowlers. With 704 points, Morkel has earned his best placing so far on the table in his ODI career. Among the others to move up in the rankings is left-arm fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe who moved a whopping 38 places to the eleventh spot, his best to date. Tsotsobe was the highest wicket-taker in the series with 13 scalps from five games.
For India, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh moved up three places to the 19th and spearhead Zaheer Khan moved to 22nd from the 27th spot.
In the Reliance ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen, Hashim Amla retained his position on the top of the charts after his match-winning hundred in the final match of the series on Sunday.
India's Virat Kohli moved up three places to finish at joint second position with South Africa's AB de Villiers for his best-ever placing.
Perhaps the biggest mover among the batsmen was Yusuf Pathan who broke into the top 50 for the first time in his career. He moved from 82nd to the 48th following his knocks in the last three games
