ICC ODI rankings: Babar Azam surpasses Virat Kohli to grow to be No.1 ODI batsman

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam turned the primary ODI batsman in ICC ODI rankings on Wednesday. Babar surpassed his Virat Kohli on the prime of the rankings desk with 865 factors. Kohli now comes second within the checklist with 857 factors and Babar now leads the Indian captain by eight factors, the ICC stated in a press release. Rohit Sharma is third on the checklist with 825 factors to his identify.
Kohli was the primary ranked ODI batsman from August 2017 to April 2021, counting to 1,258 days. Babar, a star of the Under-19 World Cups in 2010 and 2012 and who has been taking part in ODIs since 2015, rose to the numero uno place after he turned the second-highest run-scorer within the lately concluded three-match ODI sequence towards South Africa. The right-hander scored 228 runs with the very best rating of 103.

Babar Azam 🔝🔥
The Pakistan captain has overtaken Virat Kohli to grow to be the No.1 batsman within the newest @MRFWorldextensive ICC males’s ODI rankings 👑 pic.twitter.com/krxoKRDsSY
— ICC (@ICC) April 14, 2021
By ending Kohli’s 1,258 day-supremacy, which provides as much as over three years, Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003) because the primary ODI batsman.
In Tests, Babar has attained a better of the fifth place and is at present ranked sixth whereas in T20Is he’s third however has been primary prior to now.
Another Pakistani batsman, who has hogged consideration, is Pakistan’s left-hander Fakhar Zaman. He additionally climbed to his career-best seventh place because of a shocking sequence towards South Africa. He hit two centuries together with a 193-run knock to finish with a tally of 302 runs within the sequence.

Left-arm quick bowler Shaheen Afridi (up 4 locations to a career-best eleventh) and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (up 29 locations to 96th) have progressed, because of their three-wicket hauls within the match.
Kohli’s deputy, Rohit Sharma has maintained his second spot with 825 factors forward of New Zealand’s Ross Taylor. No different Indian options within the newest prime 10 batting chart.
Among bowlers, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has held on to his fourth place behind top-ranked Trent Boult of New Zealand, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman and one other Kiwi pacer Matt Henry.Ravichandran Ashwin is the lone Indian to discover a place within the prime 10 all-rounders’ checklist 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