The one day battling ranking, which has been released is topped with the South African batsmen’s with Hashim Amla and the SA skipper, A.B. de Villiers sharing the top-2 places.

South African Skipper, A.B. de Villiers, who was out of the ODI contest against Australia, has a total of 792 points in the table.

England raising star, Jonathan Trott has shown an outstanding performance this season is ranked No.3 in the ICC Battling rankings with a total of 778.

While, the Indians, MS. Dhoni has been dropped one place to the fourth place and is now sharing the place with Virat Kohli, who moved up one place at No.4.

The Top-ICC Batting Batsmen Rankings:

Rank                  Players                                                        Rating Points
1              Hashim Amla (South Africa)                                            845
2              AB de Villiers (South Africa)                                            792
3             Jonathan Trott (England)                                                  778
4              Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli (both India)        766
6              Shane Watson (Australia)                                               759
7            Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)                                    752
8            Mike Hussey (Australia)                                               741
9            Michael Clarke (Australia)                                            717
10           Umar Akmal (Pakistan)                                                704

Mohammad Hafeez has shown an incredible performance in the recent three match series by pulling up six wickets at an average of 8.16 per over, which has resulted the Pakistan bowler to reach the No.2 ranking in the ICC.
Hafeez is now just 19 ratings points behind his fellow player, Saeed Ajmal, who has topped the table with a total of 737 rating points in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers.

Meanwhile, New Zealand spinner, Daniel Vettori has been dropped to No.3 with a total of 691 in the table.

India spinner, R Ashwin has broken into the top 20 of the bowling charts for the first time in his career. With two matches remaining in the ongoing series with the West Indies, the 25-year-old from Chennai has gained three places and moves up to 18th position in the rankings.

The top-ICC Bowling Rankings are:

Rank           Bowlers                                       ICC-Points

1       Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan)                          737

2       Mohammed Hafeez (Pakistan)              718

3       Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)               691

4       Graeme Swann (England)                     689

5       Mitchell Johnson (Australia)                688

6       Morne Morkel (South Africa)             678

7.      Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)            662

8       Doug Bollinger (Australia)                  660

9       Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Dale Steyn (South Africa) 644

England, the reigning World Twenty20 Champions, who also topped the Test rankings, has 127 rating points, with Sri Lanka behind them in second place with 126 points, one point behind England. New Zealand is in third place with 117 with South Africa in fourth and the 2011 World Cup winners India in fifth places with 113 and 112 points respectively. Australia is in sixth place with 111 points and Pakistan in seventh place with 97 points.

Pakistan has surprised everyone, being in seventh place, despite being the finalists of 2007 T20 World Cup, winners of 2009 edition and the semi-finalists of the 2010 edition. The ICC made it clear explaining that, they have lost more than 50% of their International T20s and their World Cup results does not add much weight. ICC also added that, the teams that have played eight and more have been considered for the rankings, since August 2009.

David Richardson, the ICC General Manager said that, ICC is delighted to announce the teams and players rankings for T20 International cricket. He added that, the launch of T20 rankings will generate more interest towards the shortest format, which may lead to more bilateral T20 series. Check out the complete list of ICC Twenty20 rankings.

Teams: 1.England (127 points) 2.Sri Lanka (126 points) 3.New Zealand (117 points) 4.South Africa (113 points) 5.India (112 points) 6.Australia (111 points) 7.Pakistan (97 points) 8.West Indies (89 points) 9.Afghanistan (75 points) 10.Zimbabwe (54 points).
Batsmen: 1.Eoin Morgan (England) 2.Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) 3.Kevin Pietersen (England) 4.Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 5.Suresh Raina (India)

Bowlers: 1.Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) 2.Graeme Swann (England) 3.Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) 4.Nathan McCullum (New Zealand) 5.Johan Botha (South Africa)

All-rounders: 1.Shane Watson (Australia) 2.Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 3.David Hussey (Australia) 4.Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)

The master blaster of India, Sachin Tendulkar managed to improve his test batsmen rankings, which he moved up to fourth place from fifth, while ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid also moved up one place to ninth from tenth place. Among the Indian bowlers, Zaheer Khan moved up to sixth, despite missing the four-match test series against England, due to hamstring injury, on the first day of the opening test of the series.

Four of the England batsmen made it to the top 10 batsmen in ICC test rankings, after they detached team India, from the title of number one test team in the world. They whitewashed India in the test series by winning 4-0. Ian Bell was the most notable batsmen, among England. Now, Bell and Alastair Cook, together share the second place, after Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, dropped three places to fifth, following his mild scores of 10 and 17 in the first test against Australia in the on going series.

Besides, Bell and Cook, Kevin Petersen and Jonathan Trott are the other batsmen, who made it to the top 10. Also, England has got four batsmen and four bowlers in the top 10 of ICC Test Rankings. On the other hand, Shane Watson and Ryan Harris of Australia, Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka and Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez and Misbah-ul-Haq, have achieved their career best rankings in the recent list of ICC Test rankings.

The ICC Test rankings were released, after the end of the first test between Sri Lanka and Australia at Galle and the lone test between Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Bulawayo. However, the player rankings will be updated, after the second test between Sri Lanka and Australia, which would start on Thursday in Pallekele and the Test Championship chart will be updated, following the conclusion of third and final test in Colombo on September 16, 2011.

The No.3 batsman of England occupied the second place in batting, in ICC Test rankings, while the pacer James Anderson also moved up to second place in bowling. Trott, who scored 70 and 22 in the first test at Lord’s in the ongoing four-test nPower test series, embarked two places above Sachin Tendulkar of India.

James Anderson overtook his teammate, Graeme Swann for the second place, after he took seven wickets in the match, which was also his 11th five-wicket haul, after he took 5 for 65 in the second innings.

Another pacer of England, Chris Tremlett is ninth place, after he took four wickets in the match at Lord’s, which resulted in a win for England over India with a massive 196 run margin. However, India managed two bowling spots in the top 10, with Zaheer Khan and Ishanth Sharma in fifth and seventh place respectively.

Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman are the three Indian batsmen in the top 10 test batting rankings. Sehwag is in 10th place, while Laxman is in seventh place. Sachin is at 4th place.

Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn of South Africa occupied the top places in batting and bowling of ICC test rankings.

Check out the complete list of top 10 ICC Test Player Rankings in batting and bowling:

Batting:

1. Jacques Kallis (RSA)

2. Jonathan Trott (ENG)

3. Kumar Sangakkara (SRI)

4. Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

5. Alastair Cook (ENG)

6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIS)

7. Venkatsai Laxman (IND)

8. Thilan Samaraweera (SRI)

9.  AB de Villiers (RSA)

10. Virender Sehwag (IND)

Bowling:

1. Dale Steyn (RSA)

2. James Anderson (ENG)

3. Graeme Swann (ENG)

4. Morne Morkel (RSA)

5. Zaheer Khan (IND)

6. Mitchell Johnson (AUS)

7. Ishant Sharma (IND)

8. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)

9. Chris Tremlett (ENG)

10. Daniel Vettori (NZL)

The major achiever in the recent ICC rankings was English spinner Graeme Swann. Swann has pushed New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori to clutch the first top spot in ODI bowlers chart list.

Harbhajan Singh is the only Indian bowler to outline in the top 10 list; he stood 9th spot in the ICC rankings.

On the other hand, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar opted out of W Indies series, lost his top place in the Test. Jacques Kallis toppled him to 2nd spot to grasp the top seat.

The caption Ms Dhoni and Virat Kohli also moved into the top 10 ODI batsmen with 6th and 8th places. Ishant Sharma has also made massive jump and moved to 11th spot in Test bowlers ranking.

The complete list of ICC rankings as follows:

Top 10 Test Squads:

1. India (126)
2. South Africa (117)
3. England (116)
4. Sri Lanka (107)
5. Australia (107)
6. Pakistan (90)
7. West Indies (88)
8. New Zealand (78)
9 Bangladesh (7)

Top 10 ODI Squads:

1. Australia (129)
2. India (119)
3. South Arica (116)
4. Sri Lanka (116)
5. England (108)
6. Pakistan (100)
7. New Zealand (94)
8. West Indies (76)
9. Bangladesh (67)
10. Ireland (41)

Top 10 Test Batsmen

1. J.H. Kallis – SA
2. S.R. Tendulkar – IND
3. K.C. Sangakkara – SL
4. I.J.L. Trott – ENG
5. A.N. Cook – ENG
6. V.V.S. Laxman – IND
7. S. Chanderpaul – WI
8. V. Sehwag – IND
9. T.T. Samaraweera – SL
10. A.B. de Villiers – SA

Top 10 ODI Batsmen

1. H.M. Amla – SA
2. A.B. de Villiers – SA
3. S.R. Watson – AUS
4. K.C. Sangakkara – SL
5. M.E.K. Hussey – AUS
6. V. Kohli – IND
7. I.J.L. Trott – ENG
8. M.S. Dhoni – IND
9. M.J. Clarke – AUS
9. T.M. Dilshan – SL

Top 10 Test Bowlers

1. D.W. Steyn – SA
2. G.P. Swann – ENG
3. J.M. Anderson – ENG
4. M. Morkel – SA
5. M.G. Johnson – AUS
6. Zaheer Khan – IND
7. Harbhajan Singh – IND
8. I. Sharma – IND
9. Shakib Al Hasan – BAN
10. D.L. Vettori – NZ

Top 10 ODI Bowlers

1 G.P. Swann – ENG
2 D.L. Vettori – NZ
3 R.W. Price – ZIM
4 Saeed Ajmal – PAK
5 D.W. Steyn – SA
6 M. Morkel – SA
7 M.G. Johnson – AUS
8 L.L. Tsotsobe – SA
9 Harbhajan Singh – IND
10 Abdur Razzak – BAN

Bangladesh moves to eighth place in the ICC one day rankings ahead of World Cup. Bangladesh went to eighth position by pushing down West Indies to ninth position. This is the lowest rank ever that West Indies have placed in ODI rankings.

Bangladesh rise to the eighth position involves two back to back series wins. Recently, Bangladesh won against New Zealand in October and also won against Zimbabwe in December. Mean while West Indies disasters performance in recent series against Sri Lanka, where they lost the series of 2-0.

West Indies cricket is now facing a tough run in one-dayers. West Indies have not won a test series since 2008 August and they haven’t won ODI series from July 2009. West Indies and Bangladesh stays equal in the ratings with 66 points but Bangladesh placed eighth after calculating their ratings in decimal points.

ICC ODI Rankings 2011:

South Africa is just behind India with 116 rating points and Australia maintained their number one position in the table with 130 rating points. If India will sweep the series with 2-0 then India makes its position stronger in the ICC ODI rankings.

A single defeat can push India to third spot. On October 24, India will play the third (or) final ODI in Goa.

India is ranking at No. 1 position in Test matches.

India will regain its second place if it beats Australia in three ODI series. If India has lost this series, it may fall to fourth place in ODI rankings.

The first ODI match has been abandoned due to the rain. The second ODI will be held on Wednesday at Andhra Cricket, Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association. This is the first day and night match in this ground.

There are many changes to the Indian squad. Most of the senior players such as Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar are not playing in this series. Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay will be the openers in this innings.

The bowlers R Ashwin and Vinay Kumar have got the opportunity in the place of Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma.

According to the latest ICC rankings, Sachin Tendulkar stayed at top position with 891 points followed by Sri Lankan Kumar, Sangakkara stayed at second place with 874 points and his teammate, Virender Sehwag stayed at third place with 819 points.

In bowling, India pacer, Zaheer Khan stayed at fourth position with England, J.M. Anderson. He got the 12 wickets in the two Test series against Australia. He has achieved his carrier best rank 4 with 744 points.

In last eight years, this is the first time Sachin Tendulkar has topped in the batting table. This is the ninth time he claimed the number one rank in his carrier.