India’s star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has become the world’s No. 1 ODI bowler. He took 6 for 19 in an ODI against England at the Kennington Oval ground at Lord’s on Tuesday, 12 July 2022. With his scintillating performance, Bumrah snatched the top spot from New Zealand pacer Trent Boult in the latest ICC ODI bowling rankings. Mohammed Shami has gained in ODI bowling and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in T20 bowling rankings.
On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav, who scored a century in the last T20 of the 3-match series against England, has made his place in the top-5 of the T20 batting rankings. Suryakumar Yadav, who became the fifth Indian to score a century in T20 cricket, now has 732 rating points. He jumped 44 places to reach fifth place.
A huge climb for Suryakumar Yadav in T20I cricket, as Dimuth Karunaratne reaches a career-high ranking on the Test scene!
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— ICC (@ICC) July 13, 2022
Aggressive right-handed batsman Suryakumar Yadav is now India’s top-ranked batsman in the shortest format of cricket. Suryakumar Yadav made his international debut early last year. He has so far scored 4 T20 fifties in the last 16 months, while scoring a century.
Jasprit Bumrah is the only Indian in the top-10 of the latest ICC ODI bowling rankings. He has reached the top of the ODI rankings after two years. Earlier, he had lost the number-1 ranking in February 2020. The special thing is that then New Zealand’s Trent Boult removed him. This time Bumrah has reached the top by removing Trent Boult. Bumrah was then the world’s No. 1 ODI bowler for 730 days.
Bumrah has also been the number-1 bowler in T20 Internationals. Bumrah is at number three in the Test bowling rankings. This is his best ranking in Tests. At the same time, Yuzvendra Chahal has lost 2 places in the ODI bowling rankings. He has now slipped to number 20 instead of 18. However, he is the second-ranked Indian bowler in the ODI rankings after Bumrah.
Shami and Bhuvneshwar are jointly ranked 23rd in the ODI bowling rankings. Both have 579 rating points. Shami has gained 4 places, while Bhuvneshwar has lost 2 places. Spinner Ravindra Jadeja has also lost 6 places. He has slipped from 34th to 40th.
By the way, Bhuvneshwar has gained in the T20 bowling rankings. He has reached the top-10. In the T20 bowling rankings, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is jointly ranked 7th with South Africa’s Enrique Nortje, Yuzvendra Chahal 19th, Harshal Patel 23rd and Jasprit Bumrah 28th. Bhuvneshwar has gained 7 places while Harshal has gained 10 places.
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, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Katherine Brunt jump into the top-10The latest @MRFWorldwide ICC Women’s Player Rankings ️https://t.co/qKQDBYEaMA
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Smriti Mandhana gains one place in women’s ODI batting rankings
On the other hand, among women, India’s Shafali Verma (up three places to 33rd) and Pooja Vastrakar (up eight places to 53rd) also improved their ODI batting rankings. Smriti Mandhana has improved one place to the 9th position. She is the only Indian to occupy the top-10 position in the women’s ODI batting rankings.