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Dhoni 8th in ICC ODI rankings
February 15, 2006 23:55 IST
Sensational Indian wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] has broken into top ten of world one-day batting ratings after his whirlwind 46-ball 72 in the Lahore [Images] one-dayer against Pakistan on Monday.
The Jharkhand player, who has collected 1,000 runs from 33 one-dayers at an average of nearly 50, has jumped to eighth in the LG ICC [Images] ODI ratings which also saw Sachin Tendulkar [Images] and Yuvraj Singh [Images] make big moves on the charts.
While Tendulkar has climbed 11 places to reclaim tenth spot, Yuvraj, like Dhoni, has reached a new personal best rating, climbing 10 places to 15th.
For the first time in the history of the rankings, four players from one country -- Australia -- occupy the top four slots.
This Australian quartet is led by Adam Gilchrist [Images] (813 points) with skipper Ricky Ponting [Images] in second, Andrew Symonds [Images] third and Michael Clarke [Images] fourth.
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Both Symonds and Clarke have their highest ever ratings and the picture of Australian batting dominance is completed by the presence of Michael Hussey -- who has also hit a record high in the ratings -- in seventh place.However, Australia's grip on the upper echelons of the ODI bowling rankings is not quite so strong. They boast two of the top three ODI bowlers but Brett Lee's [Images] brief reign at the summit of the standings is over after he failed to take a wicket in the three VB series finals.
Lee has slipped to second place behind South Africa's Shaun Pollock [Images] with Glenn McGrath third and India's Irfan Pathan [Images] up to fourth.