Dubai: Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ousted from the top spot by Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan in a major reshuffle in the International Cricket Council (ICC) men’s ODI bowling rankings.
In the latest rankings released on Wednesday, South Africa’s Keshu Maharaj remains at the third position.
However, Afridi, who rose to the number one spot after his impressive performance with eight wickets at 12.62 in Pakistan’s historic ODI series victory over Australia, was rested during the ongoing series against Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, his bowling partner Haris Rauf, who was instrumental in the 2-1 win over Australia and was adjudged player of the series, has also slipped two places to 15th.
Emerging opener Saeem Ayub, who scored a stunning century in Pakistan’s 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second ODI of the three-match series on Tuesday, jumped 80 places to 90th in the men’s ODI batting rankings. , Star’s lead remains intact. Batsman Babar Azam.
On the other hand, India’s right-arm speedster Jasprit Bumrah reclaimed the top spot in the Test bowling rankings after a historic 295-run victory over Australia in the first Test of the five-match series in Perth on Monday.
The right-arm pacer’s match figures of 8/72 helped him overtake Australia’s Josh Hazlewood and South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada to take the top spot with a career-best 883 rating points – the highest in the format. The highest by any Indian pacer.
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (904) and Ravindra Jadeja (899) are the only other bowlers in the country to have registered more than Bumrah’s 833 rating points.
This is the third time this year that Jasprit Bumrah has topped the Test rankings, previously such occurrences were for one month each during February and October.
On the batting front, India’s Yashvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli, who scored impressive centuries in their side’s win, also benefited.
Jaiswal overtook England’s Harry Brook and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson to reach a career-best second position behind only Joe Root, while Kohli jumped nine places to 13th in the rankings.