Web Desk(June 25, 2018): Pakistan’s top order batsman, Babar Azam has moved to the second spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One Day International (ODI) ranking for batsmen, as Pakistan surge to fifth place in the 50 over format.
Babar got the major jump in ODI ranking due to Joe Root’s failure in the five-match series against Australia, where he could only manage 104 runs with only one half-century to his name, which pushed him to the sixth position.
David Warner, who has been suspended by the Cricket Australia for 12 months in the ball-tampering saga, has also lost his hold in the rankings.
Babar Azam has not played an ODI since January this year, but his consistent run with the bat for Pakistan has earned him a spot behind world’s best batsman Virat Kohli.
The spine of Pakistan’s batting order, who is also the top-ranked T20I batsman, has scored 1,789 runs in 41 ODI games at an average of 51.11 including seven centuries.
Pakistan’s right-arm pacer Hasan Ali, on the other hand, has got the third position in the ODI ranking for bowlers, behind India’s Jasprit Bumrah (1st) and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (2nd).
After conceding a white-wash against England, Australia has slipped down to the sixth position in the ODI ranking.
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