Babar Azam, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, broke another record of Virat Kohli on 29 June 2022. He became the longest-serving cricketer in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20 batting list. Before him, this record was in the name of former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli was the world’s number one T20 International batsman for 1,013 days in the last decade. Now Babur has left them behind. On the other hand, Ishan Kishan of India also lost 2 places, while Deepak Hooda has overtaken Sanju Samson. Ravichandran Ashwin has overtaken Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan in the Test all-rounder rankings.
The ICC rankings have been updated after the two T20 series between India and Ireland. Left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan, who scored 26 and 3 runs in the two T20Is against Ireland, slipped to 7th place, while Deepak Hooda and Sanju Samson made long jumps.
Hooda, who scored 47 in the first T20 against Ireland and his maiden career century in the second match, led India to a 4-run victory, jumping 414 places to 104th position. Samson, who scored 77 runs in the second T20, has also reached 144th position.
Ireland’s Harry Tector, who scored 39 and 64 not out against India, also moved up 55 places to 66th position. In the bowlers’ list, India pacer Harshal Patel has moved up from 37th to 33rd while Ireland’s Mark Adair, ranked 45th, is now 43rd.
Joe Root remains the world’s number one batsman in the Test rankings. However, after the end of England’s home series against New Zealand, the Test rankings of other players have changed significantly. New Zealand batsmen Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell as well as England spinner Jack Leach have achieved career-best rankings after a stellar performance in the third match of the ICC World Test Championship in Leeds.
Mitchell and Blundell, who shared century partnerships in all three Tests of the series, are now among the top 20 batsmen. Mitchell, who scored 109 and 56, gained 4 places to 12th, while Blundell, who scored 55 and 88 not out, moved up 11 places to 20th.
England batsman Jonny Bairstow, who scored 162 and 71 not out in the third Test, has climbed 20 places to 21st. Ollie Pope, who scored 82 in the second innings, moved up third to be at 49th position. England won the third Test by 7 wickets and won the series 3-0.
New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner is down one place to 10th in the latest bowlers rankings, while England’s Stuart Broad (up one place to 13th) and Jack Leach (up 13 places to 25th) have improved their rankings. Is.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan slipped to third place in the all-rounder’s list after a disappointing performance in the second Test against the West Indies. India’s veteran Ravichandran Ashwin has replaced him. Ashwin is now second only to Ravindra Jadeja at the top.
West Indies’ Kyle Meyers is ranked 8th in the all-rounder’s list, up three places. Kyle Meyers was the player of the match in the second test against Bangladesh. Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has moved up two places to number 5 in the ODI rankings. Hazlewood took two wickets for 22 runs in the final ODI against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand’s Matt Henry is second, while Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi comes second only to top-ranked Trent Boult. Josh Hazlewood is already at the top of the T20 International rankings.
Australia captain Aaron Finch has dropped out of the top 10 in the ODI batsmen’s rankings. He has slipped two places to 12th position. Former England Test captain Joe Root and Shai Hope are jointly ranked 10th.