SPORT RANKINGS ODI

Tendulkar returns to top 10 of ICC Rankings

Dubai, Sep 15 (PTI) Riding on his fantastic performance
in the tri-series in Sri Lanka, veteran Indian batsman Sachin
Tendulkar on Tuesday returned to the top-10 of International
Cricket Council (ICC) one-day rankings, rising five places to
seventh.

For the first time in 10 months, Tendulkar is among the
world's top 10 after scoring his 44th one-day century for
India, earning his team a 46-run victory over Sri Lanka in the
final of the tri-series in Colombo on Monday.

Tendulkar scored 138 to lay the foundation of India's
winning total of 320.

Tendulkar, also the leading run-scorer in the series with
211 runs, had slipped out of the top-10 after the home series
against England in November 2008 and had rested for the first
three ODIs of the five-match series which India won 5-0.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads the batting
table from his vice-captain Yuvraj Singh who has achieved his
career-best second place in the rankings for ODI all-rounders.

Yuvraj leapfrogged Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Jacob
Oram of New Zealand and Andrew Flintoff of England into second
place after scoring 80 runs with the bat and taking four
wickets with the ball.

India openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have
dropped two places each after both missed the series due to
injuries. A player loses one per cent of his rating for every
match he misses. PTI PM
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