ICC ODI ratings: Babar Azam surpasses Virat Kohli to transform No.1 ODI batsman
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam changed into the number 1 ODI batsman in ICC ODI ratings on Wednesday. Babar surpassed his Virat Kohli on the height of the ratings desk with 865 issues. Kohli now comes moment within the listing with 857 issues and Babar now leads the Indian captain by way of 8 issues, the ICC mentioned in a observation. Rohit Sharma is 3rd at the listing with 825 issues to his identify.
Kohli was once the number 1 ranked ODI batsman from August 2017 to April 2021, counting to at least one,258 days. Babar, a celeb of the Underneath-19 Global Cups in 2010 and 2012 and who has been taking part in ODIs since 2015, rose to the numero uno place after he changed into the second-highest run-scorer within the not too long ago concluded three-match ODI collection in opposition to South Africa. The appropriate-hander scored 228 runs with the very best ranking of 103.
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The Pakistan captain has overtaken Virat Kohli to transform the No.1 batsman in the newest @MRFWorldwide ICC males’s ODI ratings ? pic.twitter.com/krxoKRDsSY
— ICC (@ICC) April 14, 2021
By way of finishing Kohli’s 1,258 day-supremacy, which provides as much as over 3 years, Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003) as the number 1 ODI batsman.
In Assessments, Babar has attained a very best of the 5th place and is lately ranked 6th whilst in T20Is he’s 3rd however has been primary prior to now.
Some other Pakistani batsman, who has hogged consideration, is Pakistan’s left-hander Fakhar Zaman. He additionally climbed to his career-best 7th position due to a surprising collection in opposition to South Africa. He hit two centuries together with a 193-run knock to finish with a tally of 302 runs within the collection.
Left-arm rapid bowler Shaheen Afridi (up 4 puts to a career-best 11th) and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (up 29 puts to 96th) have improved, due to their three-wicket hauls within the tournament.
Kohli’s deputy, Rohit Sharma has maintained his moment spot with 825 issues forward of New Zealand’s Ross Taylor. No different Indian options in the newest height 10 batting chart.
Amongst bowlers, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has held directly to his fourth place at the back of top-ranked Trent Boult of New Zealand, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman and any other Kiwi pacer Matt Henry.
Ravichandran Ashwin is the lone Indian to discover a position within the height 10 all-rounders’ listing on the quantity 9 spot.
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan leads the pack forward of injured England all-rounder Ben Stokes and Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi.
– With PTI inputs
