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The captain of Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni retained his top spot in ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Dhoni is followed by Caribbean cricketers, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle at second and third spots respectively. Yuvraj Singh grabbed the fourth place while Virender Sehwag managed the seventh position in the list.
Gayle could have dethroned MS Dhoni but his mediocre performance in the series against England has denied the top spot in ODI rankings. Yuvraj Singh is followed by Mike Hussey and AB de Villiers at fifth and sixth spots respectively. Other batmen who have made into the list of 10 include Virender Sehwag, Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis.
Sri Lankan medium pacer, Nuwan Kulasekara bagged the top spot in ODI bowlers' rankings. His teammate Muttiah Muralidharan grabbed the third spot in the list. New Zealand's fast bowler, Kyle Mills is placed at second position while his teammate Daniel Vettori bagged the fourth spot. Vettori is followed by Shakib-al Hasan, Nathan Bracken, Mitchell Johnson and Mashrafe Mortaza. Shahid Afridi and Stuart Broad shared the ninth spot in ICC bowlers' ranking.
Among the top ODI teams, South Africa rules the listing with 126 points followed by Australia (124) and India (122) at second and third spots respectively. New Zealand (112), Pakistan (111), England (109), Sri Lanka (105) and West Indies (90) occupied the remaining slots. Bangladesh is placed at ninth spot followed by Zimbabwe, Ireland and Kenya. Shakib-al Hasan, Andrew Flintoff and Yuvraj Singh have come out as the top three all-rounders for one-day internationals.
