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NEWS India-South Africa Series 2006>Dhoni static at fifth in ICC ODI Rankings 27th Dec 2006 19.38 IST By Agencies Mahendra Dhoni was sole Indian batsman in the top 10 as he clung on to his fifth spot in the latest ICC ODI Rankings. Besides Dhoni (757 points), Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid were the other two Indian batsmen in the top 20 with the former at 14th place while the skipper a notch below at 15th.
In the bowlers' leader board, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan were static at 14th and 18th spot respectively as no other Indian bowlers figured in the top 20. After a fantastic series against India, Shaun Maclean Pollock was on the top of the world with 910 points while Aussie ace Glenn Donald McGrath , who's announced that he will retire after the World Cup in Caribbean, is a distant second with a point shy of 800. The Protean also tops the all-rounder list with 477 points. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka can jump two places to third in the ICC ODI Championship if it completes a clean-sweep of New Zealand in the five-match ODI series that gets underway in Napier tomorrow. But in what is a closely packed table, Mahela Jayawardene's team could also drop as low as seventh if it loses the series 5-0. At present, there are only nine ratings points separating third and seventh in the ICC ODI Championship. Third-placed New Zealand needs to win the series to avoid dropping below Pakistan in the table and if it loses by just one game, it will fall two places to fifth. Even if the Black Caps tie the series, they will drop to fourth so there is plenty at stake for the team, which will be led in the first two ODIs by Daniel Luca Vettori in the absence of Stephen Paul Fleming who is being rested. Rankings: Team: 1 Australia (131), 2. South Africa (126), 3. New Zealand (113), 4. Pakistan (112), 5. Sri Lanka (108), 6. India (106), 7. West Indies (104), 8. England (99), 9. Bangladesh (41), 10. Zimbabwe (23). Batsmen: 1. Mike Hussey (Aus, 821), 2. Kevin Pietersen (Eng, 776), 3. Christopher Henry Gayle (WI, 775), 4. Adam Gilchrist (Aus, 769), 5. Mahendra Dhoni (Ind, 757) 6. Andrew Symonds (Aus, 753), 7. Ricky Thomas Ponting (Aus, 740) 8 Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (WI, 724), 9. Kumar Sangakarra (SL, 723), 10. Michael Clarke (Aus, 711). Bowlers: 1. Shaun Pollock (SA, 910) 2. Glenn McGrath (Aus, 799) 3. Nathan Bracken (Aus, 752) 4. Ian Bradshaw (WI, 746) 5. Makhaya Ntini (SA, 742) 6. Brett Lee (Aus, 741), 7. Shane Bond (NZ, 730) 8. Daniel Vettori (NZ, 725) 9. Mutiah Muralitharan (SL, 712) 10. Chaminda Vaas (SL, 706). All-rounders: 1. Shaun Pollock (SA, 477) 2. Chris Gayle (WI, 446, 3. Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (SL, 370), 4. Andrew Flintoff (Eng, 365), 5. Andrew Symonds (Aus, 337). Also View In-Depth Coverage: India-South Africa Series 2006 Team Page: India Team Page: South Africa | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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