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Pathan moves up

Dubai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's excellent run and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ruthless strokeplay in the ongoing Pakistan series catapulted the duo into the top 10 batsmen's list while Irfan Pathan also reversed the downslide to force his way to an astonishing fourth spot on the bowler's leaderboard in the latest ICC ODI rankings.

The Baroda left-arm pacer has consistently demolished the Pakistan top order on batting-friendly pitches and has jumped a whopping five rungs, besides clinging to fifth rank in the all-rounders' list.

Meanwhile in batting list, Tendulkar, who was ruled out by self-styled critics not so long ago, leaped 11 places to 10th position.

He amassed 237 runs with a ton and a near-ton in the three matches against Pakistan so far.

Stealing the show from his much celebrated peer is Jharkhand lad Dhoni whose impressive hard-hitting saw him leapfrogging 10 spots to his highest ever eighth rung.

The rankings:

LG ICC ODI Championship:

Team: 1. Australia (135), 2. South Africa (116), 3. Pakistan (114), 4. New Zealand (112) 5. India (110), 6. England (108), 7. Sri Lanka (108), 8. West Indies (90), 9. Zimbabwe (44), 10. Bangladesh (14).

Batsmen: 1. Adam Gilchrist, 2. Ricky Ponting, 3. Andrew Symonds, 4. Michael Clarke (all Aus), 5. K C. Sangakkara (SL), 6. Graeme Smith (SA), 7. Mike Hussey (Aus), 8. Mahendra Dhoni (Ind), 9. Chris Gayle (WI), 10. S.R. Tendulkar, 11. Rahul Dravid, 15. Yuvraj Singh

Bowlers: 1. Shaun Pollock (SA), 2. Brett Lee (Aus), 3. Glenn McGrath (Aus), 4. Irfan Pathan (Ind) 5. Muralitharan (SL), 6. Chaminda Vaas (SL), 7. Daniel Vettori (NZ), 8. Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak), 9. Shane Bond (NZ), 10. Steve Harmison (Eng), 11. Harbhajan Singh (Ind).

All-rounders: 1. Andrew Flintoff (Eng), 2. Shaun Pollock (SA), 3. Andrew Symonds (Aus), 4. Shoaib Malik (Pak), 5. Irfan Pathan (Ind). — UNI

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