Saeed Ajmal heads ICC ODI bowlers rankings; Ravindra Jadeja drops to 5th place

Saeed Ajmal

In the latest ICC ODI rankings, India’s Ravindra Jadeja slipped two ranks to be placed 5th with 677 points after a bad game with the ball in the fifth ODI of the England series. The left-arm spinner went wicketless and conceded 66 runs in 9 overs. The Saurashtra-lad despite the hammering, ended the series as the second highest wicket-taker with 7 wickets at 24.57 per dismissal.

Teammates Mohammad Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are placed at 14, 16 and 21 respectively in the list of ODI bowlers.

Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal continues to dominate the list with 782 rating points followed by West Indian limited overs specialist Sunil Narine with 764 points. England pacer Steven Finn, on his comeback trail, finds himself at the 10th place to complete the Top 10.

Top 10 ODI bowlers

Position	Player	Rating
1	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	782
2	Sunil Narine (WI)	764
3	Dale Steyn (SA)	712
4	James Anderson (Eng)	690
5	Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)	677
6	Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	657
7	Mitchell Johnson (Aus)	656
8	Clint McKay (Aus)	650
9	Ryan McLaren (SA)	646
10	Steven Finn (Eng)	640

*Rankings last updated on September 6, 2014