Pakistan talisman Babar Azam was dethroned from the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings by India vice-captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana found himself on top of the Men’s ODI bowling rankings, surpassing Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan. This is not the first time that Shubman finds himself on top of the ICC standings: he had also left Babar Azam behind midway through the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2023.
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Shubman’s rise to the top of the standings comes right before India’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh in Dubai and India’s much-anticipated clash with arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday. He has been in fine form recently, scoring two fifties and a century in the recent three-match ODI series against England at home which India won 3-0.
“It’s a major shake-up at the top of the rankings just prior to the start of the Champions Trophy and leaves an interesting sub-plot to what will transpire over the coming weeks during the eight-team tournament in Pakistan and Dubai,” the ICC said in a statement. “This is the second time Gill has held the No.1 ranking in ODI cricket, with the India batter having also gone past Babar to claim top spot midway through the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2023. Gill has been in excellent form of late, with his century against England in Ahmedabad during the third ODI of the recently concluded series enough to catapult the 25-year-old to the top of the rankings.”
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The International Cricket Council issued the latest ODI rankings just before the eight-team Champions Trophy started in Karachi with hosts Pakistan facing New Zealand.
In the latest ICC rankings list, Shubman has 796 rating points while Babar has 773. India skipper Rohit Sharma is ranked third with 761 points. South Africa’s Henrich Klaasen and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell at fourth and fifth respectively.
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Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana, meanwhile, has taken the first position in the ODI rankings for bowlers as he replaced Afghanistan captain Rashid khan. The Sri Lankan spinner has 680 rating points, followed by Rashid at second, Namibia’s Bernard Scholtz at third, India’s Kuldeep Yadav at fourth and Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi at fifth.
