After 3 long years, South Africa has sat on the top of the tree, reclaiming No.1 ODI Ranking. Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla, who opened the match, hit centuries. South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 88 runs in the fifth and final one-day international. The teams completed 5-0 series at SuperSport Park on Friday.
The winning team is now placed above Australia and into the top spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for teams. Australia when defeated New Zealand at 0-2 was regarded as World Champions. It is quite obvious that the Proteas has moved ahead of them.
AB de Villiers, a captain of South Africa Cricket Team, quoted "We follow the small processes and if you do that the rewards come your way. I'm very proud of the way we performed.” He added, "It's an important year for us with the Champions Trophy and regaining the No.1 position is a step in the right direction.”
"It's been a tough tour, right from the Test series. It's a very young team and the players will learn a lot from this. The South African team played really good cricket." The losing team captain Upul Tharanga regretted.
South Africa last went a bundle on number-one position in November 2014. Later that month only, Australia was positioned 1st after defeating South Africa 4-1.
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