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Tendulkar placed 7th in ODI rankings

September 15, 2009 16:48 IST

Sachin Tendulkar returned to the top-10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 10 months after scoring his 44th one-day century, earning India a 46-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the tri-series in Colombo on Monday.

sachin tendulkarTendulkar leaped five places to 7th in the latest rankings which were released on Tuesday.

Also moving up the order was Sri Lanka's veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya, who jumped four places to 17th spot after a tallying a total of 141 runs in the tri-series.

India openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir dropped two places each after both missed the series due to injuries.

New Zealand's Ross Taylor and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardena are the biggest losers in the latest rankings. Taylor slipped five places to 22nd and Jayawardena slipped seven places to share 37th spot with Australia's Brad Haddin.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni snatched the top spot from Yuvraj Singh to lead the table among ODI batsman.

Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh leapfrogged Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Jacob Oram of New Zealand and Andrew Flintoff of England into second place after scoring 80 runs and picking four wickets in the tri-series final on Monday.

Among bowlers, New Zealand's Kyle Mills dropped two places to fourth, allowing Daniel Vettori and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh to move up the order.

Comeback man, New Zealand's Shane Bond, finds himself in eighth position in the rankings, while Thilan Thushara, Ishant Sharma and Lasith Malinga have all jumping six places each to 24th, 33rd and 42nd positions respectively.

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