Sachin Tendulkar is ICC World No 1 batsman, Ricky Ponting loses crown
Star Indian batsman and IPL Mumbai team icon Sachin Tendulkar has regained the World No. 1 batsman slot, deposing Australian captain Ricky Ponting, following his 399 runs in the Commonwealth Bank series in Australi, which India won 2-0 in the final.
Sachin Tendulkar’s impressive scores includes valiant knocks of an unbeaten 117 and 91 in the finals at Sydney and Brisbane respectively.
This is the first time that Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored 16,361 runs in one-day internationals, including 42 tons, is regaining the World No 1 slot after 2004. Sachin is the icon player and likely captain of the Mumbai IPL team.
But Australian captain Ricky Ponting is still in No 2 slot, ahead of South African skipper Graeme Smith. Ricky Ponting has a 17 point lead over Graeme Smith in the International Cricket Council rankings, though Ricky Ponting made only 191 runs in the last 10 ODIs he played.
Ricky Ponting’s deputy Adam Gilchrist, who announced his retirement from international cricket, ended up sixth in the LG ICC rankings.
Ricky Ponting would play for Kolkata in the IPL tourney, while Adam Gilchrist will play for Hyderabad.