ICC has released ODI Rankings & there comes a boon for Pakistan’s fast bowler, Shaheen Shah Afridi. The prolific bowler rose by seven spots to become the No. 1 ODI bowler in World Cricket. The prolific pacer has had an impressive start to his ODI World Cup where he is the joint-highest wicket-taker along with Adam Zampa with 16 wickets in seven innings at 19.93.
Afridi has replaced Australia’s pacer Josh Hazlewood to move to the top spot with the latter slipping down to the second spot at the ICC ODI Rankings for bowlers. India’s pace sensation Mohammed Siraj & Proteas’ Keshav Maharaj have moved down by one place to acquire three & fourth spots on the ODI Rankings for bowlers. Notably, this is a proud moment as Afriid has acquired the No. 1 spot for the first time in history. Afridi’s swashbuckling three-wicket haul against Bangladesh where he returned with figures of 3 for 21 helped him to march on top of the ODI Rankings.
During the fixture, he also reached the 100 ODI wickets mark completing the milestone in 51 innings which made him the third fast bowler to reach the landmark & the quickest fast bowler to reach the landmark ahead of Mitchell Starc. Indian bowlers like Kuldeep Yadav & Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman also moved up to seventh & eighth positions on the bowlers’ Rankings list.
ICC ODI Rankings for Batters
In the ICC ODI Rankings for batters, Babar Azam occupies the top spot on the list. Pakistan now has two players who occupy the No. 1 position in the batting & bowling format. Babar is occupying the top spot with just one point ahead with Shubman all set to replace him at the top. Babar has only managed 216 runs in seven innings, averaging 30.85 with three half-centuries. Gill also hasn’t set the tournament alight, managing 104 runs in four innings at 26.00 with a solitary half-century.
On the other hand, Rohit Sharma rose up by three spots to enter the top five rankings after a swashbuckling start to the ODI World Cup campaign. Coming to Warner he is currently occupying the second spot on the run-scorer list with 413 runs in six innings at 68.83 rising one position to fourth. Coming to all-rounders, Bangladesh’s Shakib-Al-Hasan occupies the top spot on the all-rounders list.
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