Cricket

Gambhir in ODI Top 20

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Butt jumped seven places each to break into the top-20 ICC ODI ranking for batsmen.Gambhir claimed the 20th spot while Salman, who was declared player of the tournament leapfrogged to 16th spot.

Gambhir, who finished as the leading scorer of the series with 209 runs, is the fourth Indian batsman to feature in the top-20 after Sachin Tendulkar (3), captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (9) and Yuvraj Singh (14). The other Indian opener Virender Sehwag rocketed to 38th position after an improvement of 11 positions.

Among the bowlers, Afridi wrested his way to the sixth place, climbing four places in the ICC ODI bowler ranking, while his compatriot pacer Umar Gul, who was the leading wicket-taker in the series jumped 10 places to be at 21. At the top of the ladder is New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori followed by Australia’s Nathan Bracken.

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