Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma, the only two Indians figures in the top 10 of the ODI batting rankings, maintain their second and third positions respectively.
Kohli and Sharma were sitting pretty with 857 and 825 points respectively in the batting list headed by Pakistan’s Babar Azam with 865 points. Kohli is only eight points behind Pakistan’s prolific run-getter Babar Azam, who has enjoyed an extremely successful run against South Africa this year. Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan is placed 18th behind New Zealand’s Martin Guptill on 706 points.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah remained static at 5th position with 690 points in the bowling list, while New Zealand’s Trent Boult was atop with 737 points, followed by Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan (725), Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman (708) and Kiwi pacer Matt Henry (691) of the latest ICC ODI player rankings issued on Wednesday
Bangladesh off-spinner Hasan became only the third bowler from his country to be ranked among the top two after a fine showing in the first two matches of their ongoing World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka.
Hasan has advanced three places to reach the second position after returning figures of four for 30 and three for 28 bowling with the new ball.
Only Ravindra Jadeja, at No. 9, figures in the all-rounder’s top 10 for India. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan top the charts with 396 points while England all-rounder Ben Stokes sits a distant second with 295 points.
Only Ravindra Jadeja, at No. 9, figures in the all-rounder’s top 10 for India..
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan had grabbed the number one position in 2009 for the first time, while left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak is the other Bangladesh bowler to have been in the top two, reaching the second position in 2010.