ICC ODI Rankings: Saeed Ajmal continues to be number 1 bowler

Saeed Ajmal

In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Mathews has moved up five places to 24th, while Ravichandran Ashwin climbed one place to 15th to be 21 points off a place in the top 10.

For the home side, the biggest movers in the bowling stakes were fast-medium bowler Umesh Yadav, who claimed 10 wickets to climb eight places to 40th, and slow left-arm spinner Akshar Patel, who has moved 11 places to a career high 71st ranking after claiming 11 wickets in the five-match series.

Sri Lanka will next face England in the first of seven ODIs on 26 November, while India will next be seen in ODI action in a tri-series involving England and joint host Australia in January prior to the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

Here are the top 10 bowlers in the world, according to the ICC ODI Rankings: