Sehwag and Sachin batting rankings up
In the latest Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings, India’s hard hitter Virender Sehwag and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar elevated in the lineup with 6th and 10th position respectively after their tons in the World Cup -2011.
The latest rankings were worked out after 11 matches of the WC where four players achieved career-best rankings.
The latest rankings after the stunning tied Group B match between India and England in Bengaluru, Australia’s Shane Watson, JP Duminy of South Africa, Netherlands’ Ryan Ten Doeschate and South Africa’s Dale Steyn have all achieved personal landmarks.
Watson, who scored 79 against Zimbabwe and 62 against New Zealand, has climbed four places to break into the top 10 for the first time in his career. Duminy’s contribution of 42 not out against the West Indies has lifted him two places to share 15th spot with captain Graeme Smith and West Indies’ Chris Gayle while Ten Doeschate’s 110-ball 119 against England has helped him vault 12 places to 20th position as Steyn has jumped four places to fourth position after his figures of 3-24 against the West Indies.
India’s Virender Sehwag in fifth (up by six places), Sachin Tendulkar in 10th (up by five places), England skipper Andrew Strauss in 13th (up by eight places), Tamim Iqbal in 23rd (up by three places), Misbah-ul-Haq in 32nd (up by 12 places), Younus Khan in 44th (up by four places) and Kevin O’Brien in 52nd (up by four places).
Batsmen losing ground are Virat Kohli in third (down by one place), Kumar Sangakkara in eighth (down by one place), Gautam Gambhir in 10th (down by one place), Jacques Kallis in 14th (down by six places), Gayle in 15th (down by five places), Ricky Ponting in 19th (down by six places), Jonathan Trott in 23rd (down by three places), Paul Collingwood in 25th (down by three places), Ramnaresh Sarwan in 34th (down by four places) and Shahid Afridi in 35th (down by five places).
South Africa’s duo of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers maintain the top two positions in batting chart.
Indian pacer Zaheer Khan in 14th (up by nine places), Harbhajan Singh in 16th (up by four places), and Munaf Patel in 22nd (up by 11 places), ahead of Tim Bresnan in 30th (up by 11 places) and Shoaib Akhtar in 37th (up by seven places).
