India batters Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer have made upward movements in the latest update of the ICC ODI rankings on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
Dhawan, who is captaining India in the ongoing ODI series against West Indies and has led the team to a 2-0 lead in the three-match series, had made a Player of the Match award-winning 97 in the first match and made 13 in the second ODI. Thanks to this, he moved up a place to the joint 13th spot.
On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer has slammed two back-to-back fifties in the two matches, moved up 20 places to the joint 54th among batters. He hit 54 and 63 in the first and the second ODI against West Indies.
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On the bowling side, Mohammed Siraj got a place in the top 100 and is in the 97th spot. Siraj had figures of 2/57 in the first ODI against West Indies.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who both have been rested for the series against West Indies, have dropped a place each to fifth and sixth spot respectively.
For West Indies, opener Shai Hope is up three places to 12th after his 115 in the second match, while speedster Alzarri Joseph has gained two places to reach 16th position after four wickets in two matches.
South Africa’s Quinton de Kock has progressed two places to fourth after his 92 not out in the third match against England which was washed out by rain, ending the series at 1-1.
In the Test rankings updates, Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique, who was declared man of the match for his second innings knock of 160 against Sri Lanka and has amassed 720 runs in his first six Tests, gained 23 slots to reach 16th position with a Pakistan record of 671 rating points after first six Tests.
The previous best number for a Pakistani batter after the first 6 Tests was by Saeed Ahmed (614). Only two batters have ever had more points after six Tests – Sunil Gavaskar (692) and Donald Bradman (687).
Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s scores of 119 and 55 against Sri Lanka saw him overtake Australia's Steve Smith to reach a career-high third ranking with a career-best rating of 874 points. Babar is presently top-ranked in both ODIs and T20Is and remains the only batter in the top 10 of all three lists.
(PTI inputs)
