Shubman Gill moves closer to Fakhar, Imam in ICC ODI Batting Rankings

DUBAI: India’s batting prodigy Shubman Gill climbed two spots and moved within touching distance to Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman in the latest ICC ODI Batting Rankings.

Shubman Gill, who enjoyed an excellent campaign in the three-match ODI series against West Indies, got the reward of his brilliance as the right-handed batter achieved career-high rating points (743) and moved closer to Fakhar and Imam in ICC ODI Batting Rankings.

Fakhar (755) and Imam (745) are ranked third and fourth in the ICC ODI Batting Rankings respectively.

Gill’s fellow Ishan Kishan also jumped nine places to reach 36th rank in the ICC ODI Batting Rankings with 589 points after scoring 184 runs in the series against West Indies.

The recent ICC ODI bowling rankings saw Kuldeep Yadav jumping four places to reach the 10th spot after taking seven wickets in the series against the West Indies.

Meanwhile, Shardul Thakur, who took eight wickets in the series and was the leading wicket-taker in the series, moved up three places to 30th.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who led the Indian side in the series rose five places to acquire 11th position in ODI all-rounders ranking.

West Indian players did not enjoy the same success in the ODI series and subsequent gains in rankings as their Indian counterparts, however, they showed good performances in the T20I series and were thus rewarded in ICC T20I rankings.

West Indies explosive batter Nicholas Pooran rose six places to reach the 14th spot in the ICC T20I batting rankings, while Rovman Powell earned the 32nd spot after jumping 17 places.

Meanwhile, pace bowler Alzarri Joseph took a giant stride in the ICC T20I bowling rankings to reach 13th position after climbing 19 spots, whereas left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein rose to the 14th position after jumping six places.

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India’s Siraj tops ODI bowling rankings, Gill rises to sixth on batters’ list

DUBAI: Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj claimed the No.1 spot on the ICC ODI bowlers rankings for the very first time following his sensational run in recent home matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

After India topped the ODI team rankings following a 3-0 series sweep over New Zealand, Indian players also made giant strides on the ICC ODI players rankings.

In the latest players rankings update, released by the International Cricket Council on Wednesday, Siraj dethroned New Zealand seamer Trent Boult from the no.1 spot on the ODI bowlers’ list with a narrow lead over second-placed Australia’s Josh Hazlewood

Witnessing a dip in his ratings, Boult went down to the third place with 708 points, while Hazlewood retained his position with only two points behind Siraj’s 729.

Meanwhile, in-form Indian batter Shubmann Gill made a staggering jump of 20 spots to sixth overall on the ODI batters’ list following a spectacular double hundred and a century against New Zealand at home.

Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam, however, continued to rule the ODI batting rankings, followed by South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen and Quinton De Kock on second and third, respectively.

Coming back to Siraj, his remarkable rise in ODI cricket last year also earned him a place in the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year, announced on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old has collected 37 wickets from 20 matches since February 2022, when he returned to India’s ODI set-up after three years hiatus.

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