South Africa cricket team captain AB de Villiers has become the 11 th batsman overall and second Proteas after Hashim Amla to break the 900-point mark in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen, clinching the top spot on the list.
De Villiers achieved the milestone during the semifinal against New Zealand when he scored an unbeaten 65. He is now eighth on the list behind Sir Vivian Richards (935), Zaheer Abbas (931), Greg Chappell (921), David Gower (919), Dean Jones (918), Javed Miandad (910) and Brian Lara (908). Desmond Haynes (900) completes the tally of 11 batsmen.
There is no change in the top five batters but the biggest movers in the latest rankings are Steven Smith and Martin Guptill, The Dawn reported.
Smith finished the series with 402 runs with one century and four half-centuries, while Guptill belted the highest World Cup individual score to date while scoring 237 not out on the way to finishing as the leading run-getter with 547 runs. As a result, Smith has jumped 19 places to a career-high 12th position, while Guptill has finished in 22nd place after rising 12 places.
India opener Rohit Sharma has achieved a career-best ranking of 12th after scoring 330 runs in the series for which he has been rewarded with a jump of seven places.
The Top 10 ICC ODI Batsmen are:
1. A.B. de Villiers (South Africa)
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2. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
3. Hashim Amla (South Africa)
4. Virat Kohli (India)
5. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
6. Shikhar Dhawan (India)
7. Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
8. Mahendra Sing Dhoni (India)
9. Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
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