Pakistan commander Babar Azam is currently the No.1-positioned ODI batsman, finishing India skipper Virat Kohli's long rule at the highest rated spot. Babar's game dominating 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa assisted him with acquiring 13 rating focuses to arrive at profession best 865 focuses.
Azam made a sum of 228 runs in Pakistan's acclaimed arrangement win against South Africa, remembering a century for the main match in Centurion. That assisted him with pushing forward of Kohli - who has been No. 1 since uprooting AB de Villiers in October 2017 - by a, yet he dropped to 852 after his score of 31 in the second ODI and stayed at No. 2 when of the last week by week rankings update. After his thump in the third ODI, he acquired eight more than Kohli, to turned out to be only the fourth Pakistan batsman to achieve the highest level after Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003).
"This is another achievement in my vocation, which will presently require significantly more difficult work and outright consistency with the bat with the goal for me to clutch the positioning for an all-inclusive timeframe," Azam said.
"I feel special and regarded to have joined the organization of stalwarts like Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mohammad Yousuf, who will consistently be the sparkling stars of Pakistan cricket. I have likewise recently bested the T20I rankings, yet a definitive aspiration and objective is to lead the Test rankings, which are the genuine confirmation and award to a batsman's type, notoriety and abilities."
Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman additionally took a leap in the rankings, moving five situations up to accomplish a profession best seventh situation after his thumps of 193 and 101 in the second and third ODI individually. Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who got six wickets in the three matches, rose four spots to a vocation best eleventh spot.
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