Tendulkar, who scored 138 to lay the foundation of India’s highly competitive total of 319*, has leaped five places to seventh in the latest rankings which were released Tuesday, according to ICC release.
Tendulkar, who also finished as the leading run-scorer in the series with 211 runs, had slipped out of the top10 since the home series against England in November 2008 after he was rested for the first three ODIs of the six-match series (one match was subsequently canceled post-Mumbai terror attacks) which India won 5-0.
Also moving up the order was Sri Lanka’s veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya whose series contribution of 141 has helped him return to the top 20. The 40-year-old from Matara has jumped four places to 17.
New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardena are the biggest losers in the latest rankings. Taylor has slipped five places to 22 and Jayawardena has slipped seven places to share 37 with Australia’s Brad Haddin.
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 Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders.
Yuvraj has 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.
In ODI bowlers, New Zealand’s Kyle Mills has dropped two places to fourth and this has allowed Daniel Vettori and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh to move up the order.
New Zealand’s Shane Bond has returned to the rankings in eighth position after he was removed earlier this year in 14 as he had not played an ODI since before the qualification date for the rankings.
Thilan Thushara, Ishant Sharma and Lasith Malinga have also moved in the right direction, jumping six places each to 24, 33 and 42 respectively.
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