Despite series loss, India retain second position in latest ICC ODI rankings

The series loss to South Africa in any case, India clutched their second spot in the group list, while star batsman Virat Kohli rose up a rung to second in the batsmen's table of the most recent ICC ODI cricket rankings issued on Monday. South Africa held their third position yet diminished second-positioned India's leeway to two focuses in the rankings taking after the 3-2 series triumph, which finished up with a mammoth 214-run triumph in Mumbai on Sunday.

The Proteas went into the series on 110 focuses, five unfastened of MS Dhoni's men, however AB de Villiers' side battled back subsequent to surrendering early ground to secure the series in a sensational last diversion. Then, as an outcome of the 3-2 home series rout, Zimbabwe have stayed in tenth place, a portion in front of Ireland, with Afghanistan one more point behind after their notable inaugural series triumph over a Test-playing nation. By spell of a progression of amazing batting shows the main 10 has re-jigged and various Proteas batsmen have ascended in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. Captain de Villiers held his number one positioning, and is presently 96 focuses clear of Kohli in second place, in the wake of scoring three centuries (104 not out, 112 and 119) in five matches. Hashim Amla has dropped three spots to fifth, while Dhoni has climbed two spots to 6th and holds a 11-point advantage over his partner Shikhar Dhawan. There is a profession high hop of seven spots for Faf du Plessis who is level in tenth spot with wicket-guardian Quinton de Kock, up 13 places subsequent to scoring 318 keeps running in the series, including 103 and a match-winning 109 in the decider. There were likewise picks up for Rohit Sharma (up three spots to twelfth) and vocation high picks up for Ajinkya Rahane (up 11 to 27th) and Farhaan Behardien (up 12 to 76th). Taking after the series in Zimbabwe the accompanying batsmen have likewise ascended the rankings; Sikandar Raza (up 14 to 40th), Sean Williams (up seven to 44th), Mohammad Nabi (up 19 to a vocation high 47th) and Craig Ervine (up 19 to 61st), while Noor Ali Zadran has broken into the main 100 surprisingly in the wake of vaulting 26 spots to 93rd. In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Australia's Mitchell Starc has come back to the highest point of tree as Imran Tahir has slipped four spots in the main 10. Dale Steyn has dropped one spot to 6th, in spite of the fact that Morne Morkel has climbed three spots to eighth, and is currently six focuses behind Mitchell Johnson, subsequent to asserting seven wickets for 132 keeps running in three matches. R Ashwin has dropped a spot to tenth, while various different bowlers have made noteworthy increases crosswise over both series including Axar Patel (up 19 to 28th), Amit Mishra (up 13 to 32nd), Dawlat Zadran (up 69 to a vocation high 34th), Mohit Sharma (up four to 44th) and youthful Proteas paceman Kagiso Rabada has risen 58 spots to a profession high 49th in the wake of being the joint-driving wicket-taker in the series close by Steyn with 10. -