MS Dhoni take 3rd place in ODI rankings



MS Dhoni, named the player of the series next India's 5-0 whitewash over England in the ODIs, jump two places to arrive at the third spot in the newest ICC rankings.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also broke into the top 20 for the first time after claim 10 wickets in the series.

For this attempt, the 25-year-old from Chennai manages a jump of 16 places that has put him in the 20th spot.

Ashwin's colleague Ravindra Jadeja, who was the man of the match in Kolkata, has also been satisfied for finishing as the most winning bowler of the series with 11 wickets. He has domed 12 places to 26th.

Jadeja also jump 11 places to reach the 12th spot in the all-rounder ranking, which is top by Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh, follow by Shane Watson of Australia.

Dhoni, who scored 212 runs and was not dismissing even once in the series, communal the third spot with England's Jonathan Trott, who gain three places following his series gift of 202 runs.

The two batsmen now follow second-ranked AB de Villiers of South Africa by 18 points, who will carry on losing points while he is out of act due to an injury. At the top of the table is Hashim Amla.

Virat Kohli, at the fifth place, was the only other Indian inside the top-10 batting, while Gautam Gambhir was positioned at the 13th position.

Other batsmen from the India-England series to head in the right way are Suresh Raina in the 26th spot (up by four places), Alastair Cook in 36th (up by three places), Kevin Pietersen in 47th (up by three places) and Craig Kieswetter in 66th (up by 26 places).

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