Dhoni continues to enjoy ODI top spot by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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MJ Clarke, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni

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DateLine: 11th August 2009

 

India captain MS Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh retained the top two places in batsmen's list in the ICC ODI Rankings.

 

The Indian team also managed to cling on to second position in the ODI Rankings issued on Monday.

 

Right-handed Dhoni held on to his numero uno position with 828 rating points while left-handed Yuvraj, who had managed his career best ranking last month, had 784 points in his kitty.

 

The Indians are closely followed by Australia's Mike Hussey (767), West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul (759) and his skipper Chris Gayle (756) in the list.

 

Other Indians Virender Sehwag (seventh), Sachin Tendulkar (14th) and Gautam Gambhir (17th) also stuck to their respective positions.

 

South Africa continued to remained on top of ODI Championships table, followed by India and Australia at second and third.

 

Among the bowlers, The only Indian in the top 20 is injured left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan at number 16.

 

In Tests, India opener Gautam Gambhir slid one place down to third swapping places with Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke who shone with the bat in the fourth Ashes Test, in the ICC Test rankings.

 

Clarke, who achieved his best-ever Test rankings, is now sitting just seven points behind Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara (862).

 

Sachin Tendulkar (14th), VVS Laxman (17th) and Virender Sehwag (18th) are the other Indians in the top 20.