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Dhoni occupies third place in ICC rankings

February 04, 2007 17:55 IST

Dashing Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] jumped one spot to occupy the third place in the LG ICC [ Images ] ODI player rankings.

Dhoni, who blazed a 20-ball 40 against West Indies [ Images ] in Vadodara, has 762 points and has Mike Hussey [ Images ] (848) and Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] (778) above him in the latest points table.

Dhoni's rise came at the expense of Australian skipper Ricky Ponting [ Images ] who dropped one spot to be at fourth place.

There are three other Indian batsmen in the top-20 list -- Rahul Dravid [ Images ] at 12th, Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] at 18th while Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] occupies 20th spot.

The big mover in the batsmen's list was Andrew Symonds [ Images ] who gained two rungs to be at joint fifth position along with Sri Lanka's [ Images ] Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ]. Hard-hitting Australian Adam Gilchrist [ Images ] fell two spots at seventh place.

In the bowling department, no Indian finds a place in the top-10 position. Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] is at 13th followed by Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] at 17th and Irfan Pathan [ Images ], who gained two places, occupies 20th position.

Shaun Pollock [ Images ] continued his domination at the top of bowlers list. Glenn McGrath [ Images ] and Daniel Vettori [ Images ] maintained their second and third position respectively. Brett Lee [ Images ] and Makhaya Nitini follow them at fourth and fifth places.

Pollock also held his top spot in the all-rounders list while Chris Gayle [ Images ] was in the second spot. Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] of Sri Lanka gained one spot to be at third place in the list, at the expense of England's [ Images ] Andrew Flintoff [ Images ]. Symonds maintaned his fifth spot in the table.

India [ Images ], with 108 points, finds itself in the sixth spot in team rankings behind New Zealand [ Images ](110) and Sri Lanka (109). Australia [ Images ] leads the list with 133 points, followed by South Africa [ Images ] (126) and Pakistan (112).

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