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South Africa secured the top position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) Championship Table after winning the ongoing 3 match series against Bangladesh by 3-0 in Mirpur.

Before this, Australia and South Africa have both 127 ratings points but Graeme Smith’s side is behind by just 0.529 of a point according to decimal calculations.

After winning the series, South Africa is ahead of Australia by 0.191 points and beat Australia for the top position in ODI ranking.

South African captain Graeme Smith’s unbeaten century helped his side to win the match by 7 wickets against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Bangladesh team won the toss and was dismissed at a small target of 143 runs only in 42.5 overs.

Albie Morkel gave 29 runs taking 4 wickets and Jehaan Botha contributed 34 and snatched 3 wickets.

On the other side this defeat was 14th lose of Bangladesh team in international one day cricket. Its last win was against South Africa in super league during lat year.

South Africa’s achievement is significant because the side that leads the ODI Championship ladder on 1 April, receives US $175,000 for its achievement, while the side that lies second collects US $75,000. Last year also South Africa snatched the position from Australia just before the cut off date of April 1.

ODI rankings – nations

1) South Africa 127
2) Australia 127
3) New Zealand 113
4) India 113
5) Pakistan 109
6) Sri Lanka 107
7) England 105
West Indies 96
9) Bangladesh 46
10) Ireland 28
11) Zimbabwe 18
12) Kenya 0

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Yuraj slides to 4 steps to 19th in the latest ICC ODI ranking list while the Master Blaster Sachin rises in top ten positioning number 7 in the list. Indian Captain Dhoni secured position 13th and Gautam Gambhir improved his position by step two in batting chart to acquire 35th rank, which continues to be headed by the Australian Captain Rickey Ponting.

In the bowling chart, Harbhajan Singh is the only Indian in top 20 after rising by two good steps at position 18.

Teenage pace sensation Ishant Sharma who has claimed six wickets in four ODIs of the ongoing tri-series has shot up 96 places to 154th position and continues to make a significant improvement.

Meanwhile, retiring Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has climbed 10 places to second position after a superb 118 in Perth.

India’s bowling has been quite ineffective during this series and that reflects in the rankings. Harbhajan Singh is top ranked at 29, the next the bowlers are in the 30’s, and Sreesanth has dropped a massive 11 points from 41st to 52nd.

In the ICC ODI Championship table, Australia is still at the top of the table leading South Africa by three ratings points. India is at four and New Zealand at third position while Sri Lanka is two ratings point down in sixth place. England is seventh with 106 ratings points.

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