India to finish season as No. 2 ODI team

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: March 8, 2010

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Dubai: The Indian cricket team will finish the 2009-10 season as the number two ranked side in one-day cricket, behind Australia, and will receive USD 75,000 for this achievement, ICC confirmed on Sunday.

India’s position in the ranking table at the annual cut-off date of April 1 was confirmed after New Zealand lost to Ricky Ponting’s men by 12 runs in the second ODI on Saturday. This means even if New Zealand wins the remaining three ODIs, it will not be able to overtake India which sits on 122 ratings points, an ICC release said.

The second place in ODI rankings means that India will win USD 75,000 in addition to USD 175,000 for being the number-one side in Test cricket while Australia will receive a cheque of USD 175,000 for its number-one position on the ODI Championship table.

Meanwhile, young Indian Suresh Raina (659 points) jumped one spot to 15th in the batsmen ranking list, headed by his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 819 points.

Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar (762) held on to the fourth place while Virender Sehwag (694) and Yuvraj Singh (682) remained 11th and 13th, respectively.

Among the bowlers, seasoned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is the only Indian face in the top-20 bowlers, slipped one place to seventh with 645 points.

Yuvraj (343), the only Indian among the top-five all-rounders, finished at the fourth spot, loss of one position.

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