DHONI'S GAIN IS PONTING'S LOSS

The latest ICC ODI rankings are out. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, his Pakistan counterpart Shoaib Malik and Australia's Michael Hussey are the main beneficiaries while Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden and Shivnarine Chanderpaul lose out.

Dhoni has moved five places in the batting rankings to the fourth position, level with Hussey and Ponting of Australia.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is the top-ranked one-day bowler in the world, thanks mainly to his and Black Caps' exploits in the ODI series vs England.

ICC ODI TEAM RANKINGS

1 Australia (128 points)

2 South Africa (127 points)

3 New Zealand (115 points)

4 India (114 points)

5 Pakistan (110 points)

6 Sri Lanka (105 points)

7 England (103 points)

8 West Indies (98 points)

9 Bangladesh (46 points)

10 Ireland (20 points)

11 Zimbabwe (18 points)

12 Kenya (0 points)

ICC ODI BATSMEN RANKINGS

(Rank +/- indicates change in position from last time)

1 Graeme Smith (792 points)

2 (+1) SR Tendulkar (758 points)

3 (+1) Mohd Yousuf (752 points)

4= (-2) Ricky Ponting (750 points)

(+3) Mike Hussey (750 points)

(+5) MS Dhoni (750 points)

7 (-2) S Chanderpaul (744 points)

8= (+2) AB de Villiers (733 points)

(-3) Matthew Hayden (733 points)

10 (+1) H Gibbs (718)

ICC ODI BOWLERS RANKINGS

(Rank +/- indicates change in position from last time)

1 (-) Daniel Vettori (769 points)

2 (-) Nathan Bracken (764 points)

3 (-) Shane Bond (718 points)

4 (-) Chaminda Vaas (693 points)

5 (+3) Daren Powell (686 points)

6 (-) Andre Nel (682 points)

7= (+3) Brett Lee (677 points)

(+2) Jerome Taylor (677 points)

9 (-3) Shahid Afridi (672 points)

10 (-6) Kyle Mills (670 points)

ICC ODI ALL-ROUNDERS RANKINGS

(Rank +/- indicates change in position from last time)

1 (+1) Shoaib Malik (350 points)

2 (-1) Shahid Afridi (346 points)

3 (+2) Jacob Oram (337 points)

4 (+2) Jacques Kallis (334 points)

5 (-2) Chris Gayle (325 points)