Ravichandran Ashwin Enters Top 10 in ODI Rankings
Ravichandran Ashwin bagged six wickets for 118 runs in the recently-concluded three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. Australian pacer Mitchell Starc leads the bowlers rankings with 783 points.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has moved up two rungs to the 10th position in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) One Day-International (ODI) bowlers rankings, released on Thursday.
Ashwin bagged six wickets for 118 runs in the recently-concluded three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. Bangladesh won the series 2-1. (India Script 77-Run Win to Avoid Whitewash)
Ashwin (654 points) is now 12 points behind ninth-placed South African pacer Morne Morkel, while Bangladesh spinner Shakib Al Hasan (680) has retained his eighth spot. (Dhoni a Legend, Ready to Die for Him: Ashwin)
Bangladesh medium-pacer Taskin Ahmed also moved up eight places into 96th while India duo Akshar Patel and Suresh Raina are the other notable risers for India and have both gained five points each to move to 71st and 95th positions respectively.
Australian pacer Mitchell Starc leads the bowlers rankings with 783 points. (Kohli Blames 'Doubtful Decision Making')
In the ODI batting rankings, India's left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan (777) dropped a place to the seventh spot. He is followed by India's ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (734).
India's left-handed middle-order batsman Suresh Raina has also improved his ranking by two places to 18th. Bangladesh batsman Soumya Sarkar has vaulted 15 places to a career high 51st. Other notable movers include Shakib (up two places to 31st) and Nasir Hossain (up three places to 38th).
Shakib also regained the top spot in the ODI all-rounders rankings with 408 points.