June 5, 2010 8:45 PM

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ODI Ranking: Dhoni slips to 2nd spot

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been rested for the tri-nation cricket series in Zimbabwe, has lost his numero uno status to Australia's Michael Hussey in the latest ICC rankings for ODI batsmen. A player loses half a per cent of his ratings points for every match he misses and, as such, Dhoni has already lost 12 ratings points. The dashing wicket-keeper had regained the top spot fromHussey in February after the Australian scored 23 against NewZealand in the fourth ODI and did not play in the fifth. South African AB de Villiers is just two ratings points behind Dhoni at the third position. India's Sachin Tendulkar shares the fourth position withSouth African opener Hashim Amla who produced a stellarperformances with the bat in the just concluded five-ODIseries against the West Indies. Amla who had started the series in 25th position, has climbed 21 places and has same 751 points. The 27-year-old from Durban will now be chasing Indiaopener Virender Sehwag's number-one position in the ICC PlayerRankings for Test batsmen when the three-Test series starts inPort-of-Spain from June 10. Amla is in second place and trails Sehwag by 21 ratings points. A good performance in Port of Spain could potentially put him ahead of the Indian to give South Africa top positions in the batting, bowling and all-rounders' table. Other Indians in the ODI list include Virender Sehwag wholost two points to be at 13th position, Yuvraj Singh (15th),Virat Kohli (16th) and Suresh Raina (18th). In ODI bowlers rankings, India's Harbhajan Singh hasslipped three places to the ninth position. No other Indianfeatured in the Top-20 list, headed by New Zealand captainDaniel Vettori with 761 points. In the ICC ODI Championship, South Africa has joinedIndia on 119 ratings points but was ranked third when theratings were calculated beyond the decimal point. However, if India loses today to Sri Lanka in Harare,they will drop behind South Africa in third position on 118ratings points. In contrast, India's victory over Sri Lanka will put them on 120 ratings points – one ahead of South Africa.

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