Raina lone Indian in top 10 of ICC T20 rankings
Dubai: Suresh Raina is the lone Indian to feature in the top-10 chart of the ICC T20 International Player Rankings that were released on Saturday. Raina is placed seventh in the list of top-10 batsmen with 734 points after dropping a place in the recently released charts. England's Kevin Pietersen is leading the batsmen list with 850 points, followed by Martin Guptill (791) of New Zealand and another Englishman Eoin Morgan (788). India's left-handed batsman Gautam Gambhir, who looked in sparkling form against South Africa on Friday, has also moved up three places to 14th spot.However, no Indian could find a place in the top-10 T20 bowlers' rankings with out-of-favour offspinner Harbhajan Singh placed at a distant 20th position. The T20 bowlers' chart is being led by England offspinner Graeme Swann, with Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka and Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal closely following him in the second and third spot respectively.
In the T20 player rankings for allrounders, Australia's Shane Watson (438) has extended his advantage over number-two ranked Shahid Afridi (340) of Pakistan to 92 ratings points. There is also sad news for India in the ICC T20 team rankings as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men find themselves in the seventh spot.
Defending ICC World Twenty20 champions England have been holding the top position since introduction of the ranking system from last October. England lead second-ranked South Africa by seven rating points while Sri Lanka, the host of this year's ICC World Twenty20, are placed third.
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