Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya has made prominent gains in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings, after finishing a five-match home series against South Africa in style on Sunday.

The 24-year-old’s match-winning haul of six for 29 in the final match in Colombo helped Sri Lanka reduce the gap against their higher ranked opposition to 3-2, while also lifting him 22 places to a career-best 21st position after finishing with 14 wickets in the series. He is also now on a career-high 600 rating points.

Dananjaya’s teammate Thisara Perera (up four places to 68th) is another one to move up the rankings for bowlers while captain Angelo Mathews and wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella have made noteworthy gains among batsmen.

For South Africa, Player of the Series JP Duminy’s 227 runs at a strike rate of 135.9 have seen him gain 11 slots to reach joint-40th position among batsmen as regular captain Faf du Plessis has dropped out of the top 10 after missing the last two matches of the series.

South Africa fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has gained 57 places to reach 88th position after finishing with 10 wickets while spinner Tabraiz Shamsi’s six wickets in the series have lifted him 47 places to 100th position.

Meanwhile, left-arm fast bowler Fred Klaassen of the Netherlands has made his way to 203rd position with figures of three for 38 and three for 30 in the two home matches against Nepal while leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane of Nepal finds himself in 217th position after finishing with four wickets.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 13 August):

*Nepal and the Netherlands will qualify for a full ranking after playing two more matches each (Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 13 August):

BATSMEN (Top 20)

BOWLERS (Top 20)

ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)