Watson takes over Shakib's position

Shakib Al Hasan's place as the No 1 ODI all-rounder has been usurped by Australian Shane Watson.
The Bangladesh captain, who first climbed into that position in the ICC rankings more than two years ago (April 23, 2009), has been going through a lean patch over the past three months. At the same time, Watson has built on good form from the Australian summer as well as a decent World Cup and a red-hot Bangladesh series to become the top all-rounder in limited overs cricket.
Watson made 294 runs, including a brutal, unbeaten 185 in the second game, smashing 15 sixes, a record, and as many fours, and picked up three wickets. It is his career-best ranking to date.
Shakib now trails him by 44 points while Watson also rose nine places to reach No.4 in the rankings for ODI batsmen.
Interestingly, Shakib got Watson out in the left-arm spinner's IPL debut yesterday.
Meanwhile, despite India's win in the 2001 World Cup, Australia finished as the top-ranked ODI team, while India remained atop the Test ratings at the end of the cut-off date, April 1. Both teams pocketed US$175,000 each.
India were the runners-up in the ODI rankings - 120 points against Australia's 128 - by the cut-off date, and picked up US$75,000, while South Africa received the same for taking the No.2 spot in Tests.