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Dubai, 25 June 2009
Chanderpaul, Gayle and Yuvraj aim to dislodge Dhoni from number-one spot in Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings
After the tremendous excitement and massive success of the ICC World Twenty20 2009, focus now shifts to the 50-over format when the West Indies and India go head to head in the four-match series with the latter needing a clean sweep to go into second position in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table.
India currently sits with Australia on 122 ratings points but behind Ricky Ponting’s men in third place by a fraction of a point. However, if India sweeps the series, it will gain one rating point which will allow it to claim second place in the championship for the first time since the rankings were introduced in October 2002.
India is 32 ratings points ahead of eighth-placed the West Indies and that gap means it is expected to win the series comfortably. If it fails to do so then its rating will suffer and it will lose one point to drop behind Australia even if it secures a 3-1 success. A 2-2 draw series will put India on 119 ratings points and a 4-0 defeat will drop it to 116 ratings points, just four points ahead of fourth-placed New Zealand.
In contrast, the West Indies, which will start the series on 90 ratings points, will gain nine ratings points in case of a 4-0 series win to narrow the gap with seventh-placed Sri Lanka by six points. A 3-1 series win will lift it to 96 ratings points, a 2-2 draw series will take it to 93 ratings points and a 3-1 loss will leave it on 91 ratings points. The West Indies will concede two ratings points if India wins all the matches of the series.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, Dhoni leads the field but Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle and Yuvraj Singh are breathing down his neck as only 46 points separate number-one-ranked Dhoni from fourth-placed Yuvraj.
Gautam Gambhir (16th) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (19th) are the other batsmen from either side inside the top 20.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Payer Rankings for ODI bowlers, Jerome Taylor is the highest-ranked bowler from either side in 14th place while Zaheer Khan is just one point behind in 16th position and Daren Powell in 20th spot. Harbhajan Singh is just outside the top 20 in 23rd place.
The bowlers’ table is headed by Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara with New Zealand’s Kyle Mills second and Muttiah Muralidaran third.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders, Yuvraj has an excellent chance to leapfrog England’s Andrew Flintoff in second place as the Indian trails the Englishman by just six points.
Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh is on top of the all-rounders’ list while the Pakistan duo of Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik in joint-fourth spot complete the top five.
The series schedule is:
26 June – First ODI, Jamaica
28 June – Second ODI, Jamaica
3 July – Third ODI, St Lucia
5 July – Fourth ODI, St Lucia
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table (as of 25 June 2009)
Rank Team Rating
1 South Africa 126
2 Australia 122
3 India 122
4 New Zealand 112
5 Pakistan 111
6 England 109
7 Sri Lanka 105
8 West Indies 90
9 Bangladesh 46
10 Zimbabwe 23
11 Ireland 19
12 Kenya 0
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 25 June 2009)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Ranking
1 MS Dhoni Ind 815 49.26 825 v NZ at Hamilton 2009
2 S.Chanderpaul WI 777 41.60 793 v Eng at Guyana 2009
3 Chris Gayle WI 771 40.11 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
4 Yuvraj Singh Ind 769 37.43 790 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
5 Mike Hussey Aus 767 54.65 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
6 AB de Villiers SA 752 38.88 753 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2009
7 V. Sehwag Ind 747 34.32 774 v NZ at Auckland 2003
8 Graeme Smith SA 731 40.39 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
9 H. Gibbs SA 712 36.37 750 v SL at Durban 2003
10 Jacques Kallis SA 707 45.30 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
11 Michael Clarke Aus 705 42.50 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
12 K. Sangakkara SL 704 36.33 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
13 S. Tendulkar Ind 703 44.37 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
14 M. Yousuf Pak 698 43.19 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
15 K. Pietersen Eng 692 46.67 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
16 G. Gambhir Ind 685 38.43 713 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
17 Ricky Ponting Aus 680 42.52 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
18 Shoaib Malik Pak 668 35.30 690 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2008
19 R. Sarwan WI 667 43.00 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
20 S. Jayasuriya SL 664 32.71 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 Nuwan Kulasekara SL 724 749 v Pak at Lahore 2009
2 Kyle Mills NZ 697 723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
3 Muttiah Muralidaran SL 696 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
4 Daniel Vettori NZ 694 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
5 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 687! 687 v Zim at Dhaka 2009
6 Nathan Bracken Aus 677 806 v SL at St George's 2007
7 Mitchell Johnson Aus 672 726 v Ban at Darwin 2008
8 Mashrafe Mortaza Ban 671 678 v Ind at Port-of-Spain 2007
9= Shahid Afridi Pak 660 685 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
Stuart Broad Eng 660 701 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008
11 Andrew Flintoff Eng 656 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
12= Ajantha Mendis SL 655* 660 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2009
Johan Botha SA 655 664 v Aus at Centurion 2009
14= Jerome Taylor WI 644 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
James Hopes Aus 644 665 v Pak at Dubai 2009
16 Zaheer Khan Ind 643 700 v SA at Dhaka 2003
17 Jacob Oram NZ 626 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
18 Chaminda Vaas SL 620 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
19 Umar Gul Pak 618 640 v SL at Lahore 2009
20 Daren Powell WI 612 686 v Aus at St George's 2008
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 403! 403 v Zim at Dhaka 2009
2 Andrew Flintoff Eng 346 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
3 Yuvraj Singh Ind 340 348 v NZ at Hamilton 2009
4= Shahid Afridi Pak 337 360 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
Shoaib Malik Pak 337 402 v WI at Brisbane 2005
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