India retain second spot in ICC ODI ranking despite series loss

India has retained it second position in the ICC ODI ranking despite their 2-3 series defeat to South Africa in Mumbai.

With the win, South Africa, who entered the series with 110 points, rise to the 112 points and has reclaimed third position in rankings.
  
ICC ODI Team Rankings

Rank	Team	Points
1	Australia	127
2	India	114
3	South Africa	112
4	New Zealand	109
5	Sri Lanka	103
6	England	100
7	Bangladesh	96
8	West Indies	88
9	Pakistan	88
10	Zimbabwe	46
11	Ireland	45
12	Afghanistan	45

By stint of a series of impressive batting displays the top 10 has re-jigged and a number of Proteas batsmen have risen in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen.

 De Villiers continues to lead the batsmen rankings after an impressive series against India

Skipper AB de Villiers retains his number one ranking, and is now 96 points clear of India's Virat Kohli in second place, after scoring three centuries (104 not out, 112 and 119) in five matches. Hashim Amla has dropped three places to fifth, while Dhoni has moved up two places to sixth and holds an 11-point advantage over his team-mate Shikhar Dhawan.

There were also gains for Rohit Sharma (up three places to 12th) and career-high gains for Ajinkya Rahane (up 11 to 27th) and Farhaan Behardien (up 12 to 76th).

There is a career high jump of seven places for Fef du Plessis who is level in 10th place by wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock who has vaulted 13 places after scoring 318 runs in the series, including 103 and a match-winning 109 in the decider.

Meanwhile, as a consequence of the 3-2 home series defeat, Zimbabwe has stayed in 10th place, a fraction ahead of Ireland, with Afghanistan one more point behind following its historic inaugural series victory over a Test playing country.

Following the series in Zimbabwe the following batsmen have also risen up the rankings; Sikandar Raza (up 14 to 40th), Sean Williams (up seven to 44th), Mohammad Nabi (up 19 to a career-high 47th) and Craig Ervine (up 19 to 61st), while Noor Ali Zadran has broken into the top 100 for the first time after vaulting 26 places to 93rd.
  
ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen

Rank	Player	Points
1	AB de Villiers	900
2	Virat Kohli	804
3	Kane Williamson	788
4	Tillekaratne Dilshan	781
5	Hashim Amla	776
6	MS Dhoni	741
7	Shikhar Dhawan	730
8	Ross Taylor	728
9	Glenn Maxwell	717
10	Faf du Plessis	715
	Quinton de Kock	715

In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Australia's Mitchell Starc has returned to the top of tree as Imran Tahir has slipped four places in the top 10. Dale Steyn has dropped one place to sixth, although Morne Morkel has climbed three places to eighth, and is now six points behind Mitchell Johnson, after claiming seven wickets for 132 runs in three matches.

Ravichandran Ashwin has dropped a place to 10th, while a number of other bowlers have made significant gains across both series including Akshar Patel (up 19 to 28th), Amit Mishra (up 13 to 32nd), Dawlat Zadran (up 69 to a career-high 34th), Mohit Sharma (up four to 44th) and young Proteas paceman Kagiso Rabada has risen 58 places to a career-high 49th after being the joint-leading wicket-taker in the series alongside Steyn with 10.
  
ICC ODI Rankings for bowlers

Rank	Player	Points
1	Mitchell Starc	713
2	Sunil Narine	709
3	Trent Boult	705
4	Shakib Al Hasan	690
5	Imran Tahir	688
6	Dale Steyn	682
7	Mitchell Johnson	672
8	Morne Morkel	666
9	Saeed Ajmal	655
10	Ravichandran Ashwin	640

(ANI)

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