Maruti Suzuki Cricket Rating: Yuvraj Singh has fallen to the eighth spot

Star middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh has fallen to the eighth spot in ODI batting following his miserable show in the recent cricket tri-series in Malaysia.

Yuvraj, who lost his top spot last week to Australian Andrew Symonds, is the only Indian in the top 10 in the Maruti Suzuki Cricket Ratings released by ESPN STAR Sports today.

Sanath Jayasuriya moved to No. 1 on the strength of some fabulous batting performances against England and Bangladesh while Australia continued its monopoly on the top spot in both ODI and Test team rankings.

Jayasuriya (134 points) left Michael Hussey (129) and team-mate Mahela Jayawardene (127 points) in the 2nd and 3rd spot respectively in 0DI batting followed by Ramnaresh Sarwan (125 points), Younis Khan (124 points) and Upul Tharanga (122 points). England's Ian Bell (120 points) was the new entrant this week at seventh spot.

Yuvraj (119 points) fell to the eighth spot followed by Mohammad Yousuf (118 points) and Kumar Sangakarra (116 points).

In Test batting, Mohammad Yousuf (170 points) is very closely followed by Sri Lankan Skipper Mahela Jayawardane (166 points), whose match winning knocks against South Africa puts him on the second spot in Test Batting.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting (161 points), Indian Skipper Rahul Dravid (158 points) and Pakistan Vice Captain Younis Khan (154 points) followed in the third, fourth and fifth place respectively.