India, Gambhir and Yuvraj down, Bhajji up in ICC rankings

India not only lost the series against Australia but first place in ICC rankings. Moreover, Indian players also slipped from their rankings before the series began. The current position is, India is on third place and Australia on the top. Earlier the series between India and Australia, there were good chances for India to become number one ODI team.


On the other hand, Indian players, Yuvraj Singh and Goutam Gambhir, slipped from their respective places in the chart. Now, Yuvraj Singh sits on eighth place in the batting chart while Gambhir slipped four places to share the 19th spot with Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya. Interestingly, spinner Harbhajan Singh came back in top-10 list and now he enjoys eight place in bowling chart.


Michael Hussey, who was the most successful batsman in India with 313 runs, has strengthened his second position. Along with top-placed Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who contributed 285 runs, Hussey is now the only other batsman with more than 800 ratings points.

Australia moves towards big score

In the fourth ODI between India and Australia(played on 02 November), India won the toss and elected to field first. Australia started well and scored 125/2 only in 25 overs. In the 39th over the Australians were going good and put 198/4 on board. There was nothing to do for Indian bowlers.



Ishant Sharma, pace bowler, could not stop the opponents and spent a lot of runs at the economy rate of 8.40 in his first spell (5 overs, 42 runs). Ashish Nehra was struggling with same condition but managed to out one batsman, Marsh. Shane Watson was got out by Harbhajan Singh at the personal score of 49 runs. Ricky Pointing, Australia skipper, got run out just after scoring his half century by Ravindra Jadeja.

CL White and Mke Hussy was at 44 and 40 runs till the 38th over in progress. The Australians were soring runs at the per over run rate of 5.18. The first wicket of Australian team fell down at 24 in the 7 the over, second wicket fell at 88 in the 19th over and third wicket, Ricky Pointing, fell at 123 in 27th over. Harbhajan, Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh took one wicket each. The fourth wicket was taken by Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh in the 39th over in the form of Mek Hussy (40).