Sehwag drops to 18 in ICC batsmen rankings

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The continuous failure with the bat cost Indian opener Virender Sehwag four places as he slid to 18th in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen but skipper Mahendra Singh moved up by two places to number four.

Sehwag has failed to fire in the ongoing tri-series in Australia while Dhoni has been a success.

Young batsman Virat Kohli continues to be India's best ranked batsman at number three, behind South African duo of Hashim Amla (1) and AB de Villiers (2).

With his two 90 plus scores, left-handed opener Gautam Gambhir has gained six places to find himself at number 15.

In the bowlers' list, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is the only Indian in top-20 as he jumped to number 11, a gain of three slots.

Left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan is the next best for India, way behind at number 30 after dropping two positions.

Meanwhile, England captain Alastair Cook and fast bowler Steven Finn have broken into the top 10 after stellar performances against Pakistan in the four-match ODI series, which they won 4-0.

Cook has jumped 27 places to eighth position after finishing as the leading run-getter in the series with 323 runs, including back-to-back centuries in the Abu Dhabi ODIs.

Cook, who won the Test Player of the Year award at the LG ICC Awards in London in 2011, has now become the second highest-ranked England batsman after Jonathan Trott who has dropped two places to sixth position after managing just 38 runs in the series.

Flamboyant Kevin Pietersen is the other batsman who has made a charge on the batting ladder. The Surrey batsman scored 281 runs in the series at an average of nearly 94 following scores of 14, 26, 111 not out and 130.