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NEWS Cricket World Cup 2007>Dhoni moves up in ICC rankings 21st Feb 2007 22.02 IST By Agencies Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Dhoni has moved up to second position overtaking Australian captain Ricky Thomas Ponting in the latest ICC Player Rakings for ODI batsmen. The 25-year-old, who had briefly reigned the rankings charts last year, has just completed a successful four-match series against Sri Lanka, having scored 115 runs in two innings, including a match-winning 67 not out in the third ODI at Margao.
Ponting, who did not play in Australia's 3-0 series defeat to New Zealand which concluded yesterday, is in third position while his compatriot and stand-in captain Michael Hussey continues to occupy the top spot. Hussey is the only batsman currently holding more than 800 ratings points (817). Dhoni's team-mate Yuvraj Singh is up five places to 15th position, now just two places behind Rahul Dravid while Sachin Tendulkar slid one place from 19th position to barely manage his place in the top 20. West Indies all-rounder Christopher Henry Gayle has moved up two places to number five while other players on an upward move include Matthew Lawrence Hayden (up 11 places to 23rd spot) and Stephen Paul Fleming (up four places to 24th). Following New Zealand's 3-0 clean sweep of Australia, Fleming's side has moved ahead of Pakistan into third place in the ICC ODI Championship, a timely boost for the team ahead of the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. Despite its recent run of defeats, Australia still boasts four batsmen in the top ten. Also View In-Depth Coverage: Cricket World Cup 2007 Team Page: India Team Page: Australia | 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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