"Australia has surged to the top of the ICC One-Day International (ODI) Team Rankings after completing a 3-0 series victory over Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)," the ICC said in a statement.

Typhoon Vongfong hit Japan's southern island Kyushu earlier on Monday and was expected to bear down on the main island Honshu later in the day, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights, reported The Hindu quoting Japan's NHK broadcaster.

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a special leave petition filed by three-time former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa challenging the Karnataka High Court order refusing to suspend the execution of her sentence and grant of bail in a disproportionate assets case.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa provided 70 new buses to the existing fleet to meet the demand of commuters, in the Northern Province. Minister Douglas Devananda was present at the occasion when the President symbolically handed over the keys to the Sri Lanka Transport Board.