Gayle, Sammy move up in ODI rankings

West Indies captain Chris Gayle has moved one place up the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day batting rankings, following his outstanding performance against Zimbabwe in the just concluded five-match series in the Caribbean.



The Jamaican batsman is now ranked at fourth and is now ahead of Indian batting genius Sachin Tendulkar.



Gayle hammered three half-centuries to finish the series with 273 runs, as the West Indies leading batsman.



Shiv Chanderpaul, however, slipped one place to ninth after an erratic series where he got two half-centuries in five innings.



Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leads the batting rankings, while New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori sits on top the bowlers’ rankings.



West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy has moved 37 places in the bowlers’ rankings.



Sammy also had an outstanding series against Zimbabwe.



The 26-year-old medium pacer, who finished the series with eight wickets, is now joint 20th in the rankings, his highest ever career ranking.



Fellow seamers Kemar Roach and Dwayne Bravo also joined Sammy in making big jumps in the rankings following decent performances.



The 21-year-old Roach also snapped up eight wickets to leap 23 spots to 80th while Bravo is now 24th after moving 20 places, following a haul of seven wickets in just three games.