Du Plessis and de Kock break into ODI top 10 after series win in India

The Proteas went into the series on 110 points, five adrift of MS Dhoni’s men, but AB de Villiers’ side fought back after conceding early ground to clinch the series in a dramatic final game.

Meanwhile, as a consequence of the 3-2 home series defeat, Zimbabwe has stayed in 10th place, a fraction ahead of Ireland, with Afghanistan one more point behind following its historic inaugural series victory over a Test playing country.

By stint of a series of impressive batting displays the top 10 has re-jigged and a number of Proteas batsmen have risen in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. Skipper de Villiers retains his number one ranking, and is now 96 points clear of India’s Virat Kohli in second place, after scoring three centuries (104 not out, 112 and 119) in five matches. Hashim Amla has dropped three places to fifth, while Dhoni has moved up two places to sixth and holds an 11-point advantage over his team-mate Shikhar Dhawan.

There is a career high jump of seven places for François du Plessis who is level in 10th place by wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock who has vaulted 13 places after scoring 318 runs in the series, including 103 and a match-winning 109 in the decider. There were also gains for Rohit Sharma (up three places to 12th) and career-high gains for Ajinkya Rahane (up 11 to 27th) and Farhaan Behardien (up 12 to 76th).

Following the series in Zimbabwe the following batsmen have also risen up the rankings; Sikandar Raza (up 14 to 40th), Sean Williams (up seven to 44th), Mohammad Nabi (up 19 to a career-high 47th) and Craig Ervine (up 19 to 61st), while Noor Ali Zadran has broken into the top 100 for the first time after vaulting 26 places to 93rd.

In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Australia’s Mitchell Starc has returned to the top of tree as Imran Tahir has slipped four places in the top 10. Dale Steyn has dropped one place to sixth, although Morne Morkel has climbed three places to eighth, and is now six points behind Mitchell Johnson, after claiming seven wickets for 132 runs in three matches.

Ravichandran Ashwin has dropped a place to 10th, while a number of other bowlers have made significant gains across both series including Akshar Patel (up 19 to 28th), Amit Mishra (up 13 to 32nd), Dawlat Zadran (up 69 to a career-high 34th), Mohit Sharma (up four to 44th) and young Proteas paceman Kagiso Rabada has risen 58 places to a career-high 49th after being the joint-leading wicket-taker in the series alongside Steyn with 10.

There were career-high placements for Afghanistan duo Mirwais Ashraf (up 10 to 56th) and Hamza Hotak (up 56 to 84th).

The all-rounder list is unchanged with Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan continuing to lead the way on 418 points.

ICC ODI Championship table (as on 26 October, after India-South Africa & Zimbabwe-Afghanistan series):

Rank   Team             Points

1          Australia          127

2          India                114

3          South Africa    112

4          New Zealand   109

5          Sri Lanka         103

6          England           100

7          Bangladesh      96

8          West Indies      88

9          Pakistan           88

10        Zimbabwe       46

11        Ireland             46

12        Afghanistan     45

(Developed by David Kendix)

ICC ODI PLAYER RANKINGS (as on 26 October, after India-South Africa & Zimbabwe-Afghanistan series):

Batsmen (top 10)

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

   1           ( - )          AB de Villiers        SA           900        54.21     902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

   2           (+1)         Virat Kohli            Ind          804        50.60     886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

   3           (+1)         K. Williamson       NZ          788        48.02     798 v SA at Centurion 2015

   4           (+1)         T. Dilshan              SL           781        39.71     802 v Sco at Hobart 2015

   5           (-3)          Hashim Amla       SA           776        52.70     901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

   6           (+2)         MS Dhoni              Ind          741        52.26     836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

   7           (-1)          S. Dhawan            Ind          730        42.93     794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

   8           (-1)          Ross Taylor          NZ          728        43.91     743 v Zim at Harare 2015

   9           ( - )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         717        34.88     724 v Pak at Adelaide 2015

  10=       (+7)         F. du Plessis           SA           715!       39.65     715 v Ind at Mumbai 2015

               (+13)      Q. de Kock              SA           715        39.86     749 v Aus at Sydney 2014

Selected rankings

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

  12         (+3)         Rohit Sharma       Ind          702        39.71     715 v SA at Rajkot 2015

  24         (-6)          Suresh Raina        Ind          625        35.46     669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013

  27         (+11)      Ajinkya Rahane    Ind          609!       32.53     609 v SA at Mumbai 2015

  33         (-7)          David Miller          SA          592        34.98     635 v Ban at Mirpur 2015

  35         (-1)          JP Duminy            SA           573       38.98     668 v Net at Mohali 2011

  40         (+14)      Sikandar Raza      Zim         563        34.05     576 v Afg at Bulawayo 2015

  44         (+7)         Sean Williams      Zim         547        33.62     556 v Ind at Auckland 2015

  47         (+19)      M. Nabi                 Afg         541!       30.71     541 v Zim at Bulawayo 2015

  61         (+19)      Craig Ervine          Zim         506*      38.54     524 v Afg at Bulawayo 2015

  76         (+12)      F. Behardien          SA           479*!    29.95     479 v Ind at Mumbai 2015

  92         (+1)         A. Stanikzai          Afg         429        24.23     450 v SL at Dunedin 2015

  93         (+26)      N. Ali Zadran        Afg         424*!    30.61     424 v Zim at Bulawayo 2015

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)              Player              Team       Pts          Ave      Econ       HS Rating

   1           (+1)         Mitchell Starc       Aus         713        19.65     4.85       783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

   2           (+1)         Sunil Narine          WI          709        26.49     4.10       791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

   3           (+1)         Trent Boult           NZ          705*      24.08     4.64       738 v Eng at The Oval 2015

   4           (+2)         S. Al Hasan           Ban        690        28.35     4.30       717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   5           (-4)          Imran Tahir          SA           688        22.94     4.49       735 v SL at Sydney 2015

   6           (-1)          Dale Steyn            SA           682        25.93     4.86       746 v Ind at Durban 2013

   7           ( - )          M. Johnson           Aus         672        25.26     4.83       724 v Ban at Darwin 2008

   8           (+3)         Morne Morkel      SA           666        23.98     4.90       717 v SL at East London 2012

   9           (-1)          Saeed Ajmal         Pak         655        22.73     4.18       810 v SA at Centurion 2013

  10         (-1)          R. Ashwin             Ind          640        31.27     4.81       691 v SL at Hambantota 2012

Selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)        Player                   Team       Pts         Ave       Econ      HS Rating

  12         (+1)         M. Shami              Ind          604        24.89     5.54       654 v Ban at Melbourne 2015

  15         (-5)          B. Kumar              Ind          597        36.45     4.82       657 v WI at Dharamsala 2014

  28         (+19)      Akshar Patel         Ind          550*      28.82     4.73       559 v SA at Chennai 2015

  32         (+13)      Amit Mishra         Ind          537*      26.44     4.71       570 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

  34         (+69)      Dawlat Zadran     Afg         534*!    30.46     5.46       534 v Zim at Bulawayo 2015

  41         (-7)          Tendai Chatara   Zim         507*      34.29     5.20       562 v Ire at Hobart 2015

  42         (-6)          M. Nabi               Afg         500        41.04     4.34       564 v Ire at Dubai (GCA) 2015 

  44         (+4)         Mohit Sharma      Ind          496*      32.90     5.45       506 v SA at Chennai 2015

  49         (+58)      Kagiso Rabada    SA           485*!    20.23     4.87       485 v Ind at Mumbai 2015

  56         (+10)      Mirwais Ashraf    Afg         477*!    33.75     4.08       477 v Zim at Bulawayo 2015

  84         (+56)      Hamza Hotak      Afg         424*!    23.85     3.85       424 v Zim at Bulawayo 2015

  98         (+5)         Harbhajan Singh Ind          402*      33.35     4.60       735 v WI at Barbados 2002

All-rounders

Rank     (+/-)          Player                 Team       Pts        HS Rating

   1           ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan Ban         418        453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   2           ( - )          T. Dilshan            SL          379        415 v Sco at Hobart 2015

   3           ( - )          Angelo Mathews  SL          375        427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

   4           ( - )          M. Hafeez             Pak        353        438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

   5           ( - )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus        348        351 v Eng at Headingley 2015

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.

!indicates career-highest rating