February 01, 2010

Dhoni slips to second in ODI rankings



Australia's
Michael Hussey has replaced India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni
at the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after an outstanding series against Pakistan which concluded on Sunday.
The middle-order batsman pipped Indian Captain MS Dhoni by three points and relegated Dhoni to second place who was previously top of the rankings.


Hussey who guided Australia to a series sweeping 2 wicket victory over Pakistan on Sunday with a 46 ball 40 knock is at the top with 825 points, three ahead of MS Dhoni who have 822.

The Indian captain, who scored 184 runs from four innings with one hundred at an 61.33 in the tri-series in Bangladesh last month, first achieved the top spot in April 2006.

Hussey scored 220 runs at an average of 73.

Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina at 12th, 19th and 20th are the other Indian's in the top 20 list.

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