A mix of images exhibits Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (left) and Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi in motion. — AFP/PCB/File
DUBAI: In a major shake-up within the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) males’s ODI bowling rankings, Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi has been dethroned from the highest spot by Afghanistan’s leg-spinner Rashid Khan.
The newest rankings, launched on Wednesday, present South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj holding regular in third place.
Nonetheless, Afridi, who climbed to primary following a stellar efficiency with eight wickets at a median of 12.62 throughout Pakistan’s historic ODI sequence victory over Australia, was rested in the course of the ongoing sequence towards Zimbabwe.
In the meantime, his bowling accomplice, Haris Rauf, who was instrumental within the 2-1 win towards Australia and was named Participant of the Collection, has additionally slipped two positions to fifteenth.
Rising opener Saim Ayub, who scored a swashbuckling century in Pakistan’s 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe within the second ODI of the continuing three-match sequence on Tuesday, jumped 80 locations to ninetieth within the males’s ODI batting rankings, continued to be led by star batter Babar Azam.
Alternatively, India’s right-arm speedster Jasprit Bumrah reclaimed the highest place within the Take a look at bowling rankings after main his aspect to a historic 295-run victory over Australia within the opening Take a look at of the five-match sequence in Perth on Monday.
The appropriate-arm pacer’s match figures of 8/72 helped him overtake Australia’s Josh Hazlewood and South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada to safe the highest spot with career-best 883 ranking factors – the best by an Indian pacer within the format.
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin (904) and Ravindra Jadeja (899) are the one different bowlers from the nation to register larger ranking factors than Bumrah’s 833.
That is the third time this 12 months that Jasprit Bumrah has secured the highest spot in Take a look at rankings, the earlier such cases had been his one-month every stints throughout February and October.
On the batting entrance, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli, who scored magnificent centuries of their crew’s come-from-behind victory additionally made good points.
Jaiswal changed England’s Harry Brook and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson to achieve a career-best second place, solely behind Joe Root, whereas Kohli jumped 9 locations to assert thirteenth place within the rankings.
