Fakhar Zaman has emerged as a challenger to Babar Azam`s dominance within the ODI rankings after his current performances in opposition to New Zealand within the five-match ODI collection. Fakhar has commenced Pakistan`s ongoing ODI collection at house in opposition to New Zealand in a blaze of glory, with the 33-year-old scoring back-to-back centuries to place his facet accountable for the five-match collection.
The left-hander scored 117 within the collection opener in Rawalpindi after which backed it up with an impressive 180* within the second match on the similar venue and was duly rewarded with an eight-spot leap to second behind Babar on the most recent rankings replace. Babar is on the highest of the rating listing with 887 factors whereas Fakhar holds the second place with 784 factors. (Also learn:Â Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma Enjoy A Day Out In Delhi; Fan Says ‘Go For Lunch With Gautam Gambhir’)
Fakhar has scored three ODI centuries on the bounce and rises to a career-best score of 784 score factors and is now the closest challenger to his skipper regardless of trailing by 103 score factors. It means Pakistan now have three gamers within the high 5 on the most recent ODI batting charts forward of the ICC Men`s Cricket World Cup later this 12 months, with Imam-ul-Haq remaining in fifth place behind his two teammates and South Africa`s Rassie van der Dussen and India`s Shubman Gill.
New Zealand`s stars didn`t miss out utterly, with Tom Latham and Daryl Mitchell the massive winners following their good begins to the collection in Pakistan. Latham hit 98 within the second match of the collection and strikes up three locations to equal twenty ninth, whereas Mitchell scored a superb 129 in the identical contest to rise from exterior the highest 100 to 57th on the ODI batting rankings.
Fakhar Zaman jumped as much as No.2 within the newest ICC ODI Rankings with 784 factorsÂ
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There was a slight re-shuffle behind top-ranked Australian Josh Hazlewood inside the highest 10 of the ODI rankings for bowlers, whereas skilled Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsood jumped three locations to fifth general on the listing for ODI all-rounders following his four-wicket haul and regular knock of 40 in opposition to the UAE in Mulpani.
A number of Sri Lanka gamers additionally made some floor on the most recent Test rankings, following their spectacular collection sweep over Ireland in Galle. Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was the massive winner on the rankings for bowlers, with the 31-year-old bettering six spots to thirteenth on the again of his seven-wicket haul throughout the second Test.
Teammate Ramesh Mendis collected six wickets from the identical Test and moved up 10 locations to twenty second consequently, whereas skilled duo Angelo Mathews (up one spot to twenty second) and Kusal Mendis (up three locations to thirty ninth) improved the rankings for batters after reaching three figures throughout the match.
Top Five ODI Batters in the meanwhile
1) Babar Azam (887 factors)
2) Fakhar Zaman (784 factors)
3)Â Rassia van der Dussen (777 factors)
4) Shubman Gill (738 factors)
5) Imam-ul-Haq (737 factors)
