Shubman Gill is dethroned by Babar Azam to regain the top ODI spot. Former captain and top batsman of Pakistan, Babar Azam, has overtaken India’s Shubman Gill to reclaim the top spot in the ICC ODI batters rankings.
Babar has 824 points, 14 more than the Indian opener’s 810, according to the ICC rankings. It’s interesting to note that Indian batsmen Virat Kohli (775) and Rohit Sharma (754), respectively, also hold the third and fourth positions on the list.
After Gill ruled for more than a month and after the latter was rested for the current Proteas series, Babar Azam ascended to the top spot.
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However, in the T20I bowlers rankings, England’s leg-spinner Adil Rashid has risen two spots to take the top spot, ahead of Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (now in second place) and India’s Ravi Bishnoi (third).
After off-spinner Graeme Swann had the top rank for more than ten years, Rashid is the second English player to hold the position.
In the last Twenty20 international encounter between India and South Africa, Suryakumar Yadav put himself ahead by 100 rating points after making a speedy century. His closest rivals are South African Aiden Markram (third) and Pakistan’s Muhammad Rizwan (second).
Following his recent performance against Pakistan, Usman Khawaja of Australia has risen three spots to fourth in the Test rankings.
Following a strong showing against Pakistan, Mitchell Marsh moved up 12 ranks to equal 68th place, and Khawaja’s colleague David Warner increased nine spots to 27th.
While India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remains at the top of the rankings, Australia’s captain Pat Cummins has moved up one spot to third, Nathan Lyon has gained three spots to fifth, Mitchell Starc has moved up two spots to eighth, and Josh Hazlewood has moved up two spots to tenth.
