ICC rankings: Virat Kohli climbs to number two spot
Stylish Indian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 of South Africa at the number two spot.
According to the latest One-day rankings issued by the International Cricket Council, Kohli and de Villiers both share 784 points. Both the number two ICC batsmen trail http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s One-day opener Hashim Amla by 105 ranking points.
The talismanic India skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 are the other two Indian batsmen in the top 10. Dhoni, after going one place down has reached fifth spot while Gambhir jumped a place to reach ninth spot.
The hard-hitting bowling all-rounder of India, Yusuf Pathan gained 34 spots to reach 47th position.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-Morkel-c77722 is trailing Vettori by 9 rating points as he reached his career-best ranking of number two with 704 points after
jumping 10 places.
Another South African pacer Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who topped the wickets chart in the One-day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, entered the top 10 ODI bowlers list by gaining 38 positions. He is now at his career-best 10th spot on the table.
No Indian bowler features in the top 10 with injured pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Praveen-Kumar-c82600 and spearhead spinner Harbhajan Singh at the 17th and 20th position respectively.
Zaheer Khan jumped four spots to be at 23rd place while Munaf Patel climbed six places to reach 33rd spot.
According to the latest team rankings issued by the ICC, four-time reigning champions Australia are still leading the chart.
The recent 6-1 series win over historical rivals England added three rating points to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s account taking their toll to 131 with their closest contenders being Sri Lanka and India who both share the second spot with 119 rating points.
The Proteas are at the number four spot with a tally of 118 rating points. West Indies, after losing the three-match One-day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 are locked on 66 rating points but the latter are placed above after calculating the ratings beyond decimal point.
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