De Villiers back as number-one ranked ODI batsman

Kohli was leading de Villiers by nine ratings points but because a player loses one percent of his rating for missing every match, the India batsman has dropped a total of 13 ratings points to now trail the South Africa stroke-maker by four ratings points.

De Villiers also leads the batting table in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, while Kohli is sitting in 10th position. However, all this could potentially change over the next couple of months depending how de Villiers performs in Sri Lanka and Kohli performs in England.

Like Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have also lost ground for opting to rest from the tour. Dhawan is now 10th after slipping two places and Sharma has fallen out of the top 20 to the 23rd position.

However, Suresh Raina, who captained India in Bangladesh, has made gains and has moved up two places to 27th.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan has returned into the top 20. Shakib took six wickets and has been rewarded with a jump of five places. This has put him in 16th position.

Mashrafe Mortaza has moved up three places to 40th, while Umesh Yadav has jumped eight places to claim 78th spot.

Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed, who took seven wickets in his debut series, has entered in 182nd position while Stuart Binny, who returned figures of 4.4-2-4-6 in the second ODI, has gained 23 positions and is now in 206th spot.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI All-rounders, Shakib Al Hasan has swapped places with Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews. Shakib is now is second position and trails Pakistan’s number-one ranked Mohammad Hafeez by 46 ratings points.

Meanwhile, in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings, there is no change to the pre-series rankings of India and Bangladesh. India is on equal points with Sri Lanka (112 ratings points) but is ranked behind Sri Lanka in third place when ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point. Bangladesh is in ninth spot on 72 ratings points.

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating

   1           (+1)         AB de Villiers        SA           872        49.46      883 v Ind at Cardiff 2013
   2           (-1)          Virat Kohli            Ind          868        52.16      886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
   3           ( - )          George Bailey       Aus         856*!    53.12      856 v Eng at Adelaide 2014
   4           ( - )          Hashim Amla       SA           840        53.34      901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
   5           ( - )          K Sangakkara      SL           821        40.36      853 v Afg at Mirpur 2014
   6           ( - )          MS Dhoni              Ind          771        53.28      836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
   7           ( - )          TM Dilshan           SL           732        37.83      767 v Pak at Sharjah 2013
   8           (+1)         Misbah-ul-HaqPak             715        44.38      744 v SL at Fatullah 2014
   9           (+1)         Ross Taylor          NZ          713!       40.07     713 v Ind at Wellington 2014
  10         (-2)          S Dhawan             Ind          712*      41.77      736 v WI at Kanpur 2013
  11         ( - )          K Williamson        NZ          688!       39.51      688 v Ind at Wellington 2014
  12         ( - )          Shane Watson      Aus         676        41.06      773 v SL at Hambantota 2011
  13         ( - )          Quinton de Kock SA           673*!     46.31      673 v Ind at Centurion 2013
  14         ( - )          Michael Clarke    Aus         660         44.66      750 v SL at Melbourne 2008
  15=       ( - )          Mohammad Hafeez           Pak         654         31.05      665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
                ( - )          Ahmed Shehzad  Pak         654         34.40      670 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
  17         ( - )          Umar Akmal                        Pak         652         38.57      702 v Afg at Sharjah 2012
  18         ( - )          Eoin Morgan                        Ire/Eng   639        39.02      690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
  19         ( - )          Martin Guptill                       NZ          635        39.16      684 v Zim at Napier 2012
  20         (+1)         Alastair Cook                       Eng         625        38.03      752 v Aus at Lord's 2012

Selected Rankings

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating
23           (-3)          Rohit Sharma       Ind          618        35.69      672 v WI at Kochi 2013
27           (+2)         Suresh Raina        Ind          609        35.32      669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013
28=         (-1)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        608        34.86      683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012
37           (-6)          Tamim Iqbal        Ban        570        29.64      637 v WI at Khulna 2012
66           (-1)          Mahmudullah      Ban        499        31.24      530 v NZ at Mirpur 2013
76           (-6)          Anamul Haque    Ban        472*      33.88      491 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
100         (+8)         Ajinkya Rahane  Ind          393*      25.13      415 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
100         (+4)         Ambati Rayudu   Ind          366*      32.62      382 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
154         (RE)        Manoj Tiwary      Ind          269*      31.62      352 v SL at Pallekele 2012
237         (NEW)    Mithun Ali             Ban        151*!    26.00      151 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
258=       (RE)        W Saha                  Ind          119*!    8.33        119 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
262         (+38)      C Pujara                                Ind          114*!     10.20      114 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
285         (RE)        Robin Uthappa    Ind          88*        26.71      504 v Pak at Guwahati 2007

Bowlers

Rank      (+/-)       Player                     Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating
1              ( - )          Saeed Ajmal         Pak         789        22.25      4.14       810 v SA at Centurion 2013
   2           ( - )          Dale Steyn            SA           742        25.49      4.79       746 v Ind at Durban 2013
   3           ( - )          Sunil Narine          WI          714        26.97      4.19       791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
   4           ( - )          James Anderson  Eng         706        28.69      4.94       719 v SA at The Oval 2013
   5           (+1)         L Tsotsobe            SA           674        24.96      4.75       743 v NZ at Auckland 2012
   6           (+1)         Morne Morkel      SA           673        23.54      4.78       717 v SL at East London 2012
   7=        (+1)         Clint McKay         Aus         666        24.37      4.78       709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013
                (-2)          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          666        32.58      4.71       738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
   9           ( - )          Mitchell Johnson Aus         639        25.88      4.85       724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
  10         ( - )          M Hafeez              Pak         637        35.60      4.06       769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
  11         ( - )          Kyle Mills              NZ          633        26.74      4.72       722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
  12         ( - )          James Tredwell    Eng         627*!    24.98      4.76       627 v SL at Edgbaston 2014
  13         ( - )          S Senanayake      SL           623*      33.56      4.53       624 v Eng at Durham 2014
  14         ( - )          Rangana Herath  SL           619        32.77      4.35       703 v SA at Pallekele 2013
  15         (+1)         Junaid Khan         Pak         613        24.37      4.99       655 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013
  16         (+5)         Shakib Al Hasan Ban        611        28.92      4.30       717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
  17=       ( - )          Kemar Roach       WI          607        26.77      4.92       650 v Pak at St Lucia 2013
                ( - )          Tim Southee         NZ          607        31.52      5.20       633 v Eng at Lord's 2013
                (-2)          R Ashwin               Ind          607        32.91      4.90       691 v SL at Hambantota 2012
  20         ( - )          Ryan McLaren    SA           605        28.11      5.11       617 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013


Selected Rankings

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating
40           (+3)         M Mortaza           Ban        517        31.40      4.69       653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009
78           (+8)         Umesh Yadav      Ind          392*      42.06      6.05       419 v WI at Trinidad 2013
115         (-9)          Ziaur Rahman     Ban        288*      30.10      4.63       317 v SL at Mirpur 2014
136         (-1)          Al-Amin Hossain Ban        237*      34.50      5.06       238 v SL at Mirpur 2014
182         (NEW)    Taskin Ahmed     Ban        162*!    6.14        2.68       162 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
206         (+23)      Stuart Binny         Ind          95*        5.66        3.51       101 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

All-rounders


Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating
  1            ( - )          M Hafeez              Pak         417        438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
   2           (+1)         Shakib Al Hasan Ban        371        453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
   3           (-1)          Angelo Mathews  SL           370        373 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
   4           ( - )          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          348        378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013
   5           ( - )          Shane Watson      Aus         336        433 v WI at St Lucia 2012

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