{"id":57487,"date":"2024-11-27T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=57487"},"modified":"2024-11-27T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:50:00","slug":"babar-azam-retains-position-as-worlds-top-odi-batsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/babar-azam-retains-position-as-worlds-top-odi-batsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam retains position as World\u2019s Top ODI Batsman"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUBAI: Pakistan cricket star Babar Azam has once again reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Men\u2019s One-Day Batting Rankings<\/a> released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

With 809 rating points, Babar Azam<\/a> is shining in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) with an impressive batting average of 56.95 and a strike rate of 88.70.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are at the second and third positions with 765 and 763 points respectively. No other batsman in the ODI format has come close to Babar\u2019s remarkable rating points.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan\u2019s Rashid Khan remains at the top spot in the latest ODI bowlers\u2019 rankings while Pakistan\u2019s Shaheen Shah Afridi<\/a> has slipped one place to second.<\/p>\n

Good news for Pakistan\u2019s Saim Ayub too! After his brilliant unbeaten century against Zimbabwe, Saim has moved into the top 100 ODI batsmen by reaching the 90th position.<\/p>\n

T20 Rankings<\/h2>\n

Australia’s Travis Head is at the top of the ICC T20 Batting Rankings, England’s Phil Salt is second and India’s Tilak Verma is third. Meanwhile, England’s Adil Rashid tops the T20 bowlers’ rankings, followed by Sri Lanka’s Winandu Harsanga and Australia’s Adam Zampa in second and third place respectively. Babar’s continued dominance in the ODI rankings cements his position as one of the best players in the world, while Pakistan’s rising stars like Saim Ayub and Saud Shakeel add to the excitement for Pakistani cricket fans.<\/p>\n

ICC Test Rankings<\/h2>\n

In the ICC Test Batting Rankings, England’s Joe Root remains at the top, followed by India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal. England’s Kane Williamson is at the third position. Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel has moved up one place to 8th, while India’s Jasprit Bumrah has once again moved up two places to become the top-ranked Test bowler. Pakistan’s Nauman Ali remains at the 9th position.<\/p>\n

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DUBAI: Pakistan cricket star Babar Azam has once again reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Men\u2019s One-Day Batting Rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. With 809 rating points, Babar Azam is shining in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) with an impressive batting average of 56.95 and a strike rate of 88.70. India\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[694,1626,24344],"class_list":["post-57487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-babar-azam","tag-shaheen-shah-afridi","tag-icc-mens-one-day-batting-rankings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57488,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57487\/revisions\/57488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}