Dhoni lose No 1 position to Hussey in ODI batsmen ranking

Dubai, Jun 5 (PTI) Rested for the tri-nation cricket
series in Zimbabwe, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Saturday lost his numero uno status to Australia's Michael
Hussey in the latest ICC rankings for ODI batsmen.
Dhoni along with several others were rest by the Indian
cricket board for the ongoing triangular series in Zimbabwe,
where Suresh Raina is leading the side.
A player loses half a per cent of his ratings points for
every match he misses and, as such, Dhoni has already lost 12
ratings points.
The dashing wicket-keeper had regained the top spot from
Hussey in February after the Australian scored 23 against New
Zealand in the fourth ODI and didn't play in the fifth.
South African AB de Villiers is just two ratings points
behind Dhoni at the third position.
India's Sachin Tendulkar shares the fourth position with
South African opener Hashim Amla who produced a stellar
performances with the bat in the just concluded five-ODI
series against the West Indies.
Amla, who had started the series in 25th position, has
climbed 21 places after scores of 102, 92, 34, 129 and 45 and
has same 751 points.
The 27-year-old from Durban will now be chasing India
opener Virender Sehwag's number-one position in the ICC Player
Rankings for Test batsmen when the three-Test series starts in
Port-of-Spain from June 10.
Amla is in second place and trails Sehwag by 21 ratings
points. A good performance in Port of Spain could potentially
put him ahead of the Indian to give South Africa top positions
in the batting, bowling and all-rounders' table.
Other Indians in the ODI list include Virender Sehwag who
lost two points to be at 13th position, Yuvraj Singh (15th),
Virat Kohli (16th) and Suresh Raina (18th).
In ODI bowlers rankings, India's Harbhajan Singh has
slipped three places to the ninth position. No other Indian
featured in the Top-20 list, headed by New Zealand captain
Daniel Vettori with 761 points.
In the International Cricket Council ODI Championship,
South Africa has joined India on 119 ratings points but was
ranked third when the ratings were calculated beyond the
decimal point.
However, if India loses today to Sri Lanka in Harare,
they will drop behind South Africa in third position on 118
ratings points.
In contrast, India's victory over Sri Lanka will put them
on 120 ratings points – one ahead of South Africa. PTI SHN
MYR



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