Pepsi Cricket Ratings: Tendulkar, Saqlain On Top (17 November 1998)

17 November 1998

Tendulkar, Saqlain On Top

The Hindu

CHENNAI, Nov. 16. Sachin Tendulkar, with 8832 points, retained the top spot in batting while Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq (8483) regained the top position in bowling in the Pepsi World Cricket Ratings for one-day internationals released on, Monday.

England batsman Nick Knight climbed three places from his fifth spot a fortnight ago while Kallis exchanged positions with Saqlain.

The qualifying conditions are 250 runs in batting and 10 wickets in bowling.

1. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 8832 points 2. N.V. Knight (Eng) 5750 3. A.D.R. Campbell (Zim) 5734 4. M. Atapattu (Sri Lanka) 5625 5. Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) 4979 6. Hansie Cronje (SA) 4954 7. A. Flower (Zim) 4881 8. J. Kallis (SA) 4584 9. Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 4512 10. Robin Singh Ind) 4206 11. Ajay Jadeja (Ind) 4004 12. Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) 3976 13. Md. Azharuddin (Ind) 3625 14. S. Ganguly (Ind) 3461 15. Aamir, Sohail (Pak) 3422 16. C.B. Wishart (Zim) 3379 17. R. Kaluwitharana (Sri Lanka) 2560 18. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 2503 19. Rahul Dravid (Ind), 1699

1. Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 8483 points 2. J. Kallis (SA) 8403 3. A. Donald (SA) 8375 4. D. Gough (Eng) 8366 5. M. Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 8179 6. G.P. Wickremasinghe (Sri Lanka) 8079 7. Anil Kumble (Ind) 8062 8. Javagal Srinath (Ind) 7993 9. Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 7838 10. Sunil Joshi (Ind) 7836 11. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 7806 12. Ajit Agarkar (Ind) 7540 13. Veakatesh Prasad (Ind) 7180 14. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 7104