Jacques Kallis is South Africa's highest-ranked batsman, replacing Graeme Smith in the top 10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. The 34-year-old, who scored 120 and four in the Centurion Test against England, climbed three places to eighth in the latest rankings.
Gautam Gambhir is the first India batsman in over four years to head the batting rankings after a double failure by Mohammad Yousuf saw the Pakistan ace drop out of the top three in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle has stormed his way back to the number one place in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after a series of fine performances against New Zealand. The 29-year-old Jamaican has gained five places in the rankings to knock India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Australia's Michael Hussey down to second and third place respectively.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side will go top of the ODI rankings if it wins the upcoming series 4-3 or better. But it can drop below South Africa if it loses 6-1 or 7-0; Australia needs to win series to retain top position.
Sachin Tendulkar returned to the top-10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 10 months after scoring his 44th one-day century, earning India a 46-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the tri-series in Colombo on Monday.
After beating England comprehensively in the first two matches of the seven-ODI series, India moved up two places from fifth to third position in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table. England slipped from third to sixth position.
India has a chance to claim the number one spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship when it turns out for the tri-nation series involving host Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
South Africa's success in winning seven out of nine ODIs against Australia this year has consigned Ricky Ponting's side to its lowest ranking in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship. The four-time World champions are now third in the listing, behind not only the Proteas but also India, which benefitted from Australia's loss in form to rise to second spot.
HDFC bank and Reliance Communications have launched India's first virtual credit card. HDFC credit card users can use their Reliance mobile phones to make payments.
Dhoni moves to fourth in ODI rankings India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hasn't been dismissed so far in the Asia Cup, having scored 135 runs in two unbeaten innings. This effort moved him up five places in the ODI batting rankings to fourth position, level with Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting of Australia.
The 27-year-old Australian pacer gained four places in the ICC Players' rankings and moved to No 8 after match figures of 5-85 in Australia's victory over New Zealand in the second Test.
Currently the number one ODI side, South Africa will hope to maintain status quo while Australia would be seeking a coup when the sides cross sword in the five-match ODI series starting in Durban later this week.
Claire Taylor of England, India captain Jhulan Goswami and Australia's Lisa Sthalekar are on top of the world in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women's Rankings which were launched in Mumbai on Thursday. Thirty-three-year-old Taylor spearheads a strong field of six England batters in the top 20 while fast bowler Jhulan leads the bowlers' chart and Sthalekar is just ahead of her team-mate Shelley Nitschke in the all-rounders' listing.
An unbroken 125-run second-wicket partnership between opener Caroline Atkins and Claire Taylor guided two-time former champion England to an easy nine-wicket victory over India to secure a place in the Super Six stage of the ICC Women's World Cup 2009 at the North Sydney Oval on Tuesday. Both Atkins and Taylor finished unbeaten on 69 each as England raced to the victory target of 170 with 11.3 overs to spare.
Two into one doesn't go. That's what captains Graeme Smith of South Africa and Australia's Ricky Ponting must have realised as they posed with the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace on Tuesday. The two teams are vying for the number one ranking in Test cricket and the mace that goes with it but only one of them will walk away with that prize at the end of the three-match series that starts in Johannesburg on Thursday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has reclaimed the top rank in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen from the West Indies Chris Gayle. Dhoni's 61 not out against Sri Lanka in his side's first ODI of a five-match series has enabled the 27-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman to regain his place at the head of the table.
South Africa has moved back ahead of India in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table after its comprehensive defeat of Bangladesh over two Tests.
India can move into third place in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship if it remains unbeaten in the tri-nation series involving Pakistan and host Bangladesh, starting in Dhaka on Sunday. Currently on the same ratings points as New Zealand (113) but behind the Black Caps when ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point, India can take a two-point lead over Daniel Vettori's side if it wins the two league matches and then the final on June 14.
The young India opener, who scored 206 and 36 in the drawn third Test against Australia, rocketed 11 places to 18th in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. He started the series in 37th position but climbed 18 places after three Tests in which he has scored 463 runs.
Reliance Communications Ltd's subsidiary Reliance Mobile World on Wednesday announced introduction of LPG gas booking service on mobile phones.
Anil Ambani-spearheaded Reliance Communications Ltd will on Thursday launch online video streaming on mobile phones, a service that would allow the company to mobile cast events to all its subscribers.
The actress was caught unawares at a Mumbai function to promote Umrao Jaan.
Ending the concept of talk time in pre-paid mobile telephony, Reliance Infocomm has launched a new recharge voucher of Rs 440 that offers unlimited local calls to any Reliance mobile or fixed phone within the circle.
The latest offering by Reliance Infocomm to popularise its Reliance IndiaMobile wireless in local loop service has met with unexpected success in Kolkata, helping the company to emerge as the largest operator in the post-paid segment.
It turned out that Indrani, who was wearing the Navratri Day 2 green, was fasting for the festival. That caused the impish CBI prosecutor Badami to ask her police detail, "looking for salvation?".
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