Basit Ali raised questions on ICC rankings
ICC Rankings: The rankings are released every week by the ICC. The ICC rankings keep changing based on the performance in the matches that have taken place. However, the formula for making it is not yet known. Even after this, there is a lot of focus on it. Meanwhile, in the ODI rankings released on Wednesday, Pakistan’s Babar Azam is at the number one position. Now former Pakistan player Basit Ali has raised questions on this ranking. He has asked the question that Babar Azam played his last ODI match in last year’s ODI World Cup, but how is he still the number one batsman even after that.
The ICC ranking series started in the year 1998
The process of releasing the rankings of all formats by the ICC started in the year 1998. Former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali has raised questions on the method of deciding the ICC rankings. He has raised questions on Babar Azam of Pakistan and Shubman Gill of India being at number one and three. Basit Ali has said on his YouTube channel that Travis Head and Rachin Ravindra are not in the top 10 in the ODI rankings. Who have performed brilliantly in this format in the recent past. Basit Ali said that Babar Azam was first in the ranking, Rohit Sharma was at number two, Shubman Gill was at number three and then Virat Kohli is at number four. He says that he did not find it necessary to read the rest of the names, because Travis Head and Rachin Ravindra are not in that list. Basit said that ICC wants Babar not to perform well. He will be happy to be the number one batsman in ODIs. He says how is this ranking made. On what basis are Babar Azam and Shubman Gill there.
Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman’s names are also not in the top 10
Basit Ali said that batsmen like New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra, South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, Travis Head and Virat Kohli scored centuries in the ODI World Cup 2023. Babar Azam scored his last ODI century against Nepal in the Asia Cup, but how has he remained number one even after this. Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman scored a century each for Pakistan in the ODI World Cup. But they are nowhere to be seen. In the recently played ODI series against Sri Lanka, the batsmen of the Indian team had to struggle to score runs. Rohit Sharma was the only batsman who managed to score runs well. He also got the benefit of this and he has jumped one place to number two. But Babar Azam’s staying at number one despite continuous flops is beyond everyone’s understanding.
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