Pakistan surges to sixth position after ICC Champions Trophy Victory

Pakistan has leapfrogged Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to move closer to direct qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, for which host England and the next seven highest-ranked sides as on 30 September will get straight entries.

Pakistan has gained four points to move to 95 points as its wins over higher ranked opponents in the tournament included the one in the final against India and an eight-wicket semi-final victory over England. The rankings system is weighted to reflect the difference in ranking points and Pakistan thus had noteworthy gains.

There were no other changes in the teams standings led by South Africa, although India, England and Bangladesh have all lost a point each.

In the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings, Pakistan pace bowler Hassan Ali and rookie opener Fakhar Zaman are among those to make huge gains.

Hassan, who was named Player of the Tournament after finishing with 13 wickets including hauls of three for 19 in the final and three for 35 against England, has gained 12 positions to reach seventh rank. Mohammad Amir, who missed the semifinal due to a back spasm but picked three for 16 in the final, has gained 16 slots to reach 21st place while Junaid Khan has moved up nine places to 47th position.

Fakhar Zaman’s Player of the Match effort of 114 in the final and 57 in the semifinal has helped him break into the top 100 after just four ODIs as he has gained 58 positions after these two performances to reach 97th rank.

Babar Azam has reached a career-best fifth position after gaining three positions with scores of 46 in the final and 30 not out in the semifinal. Mohammad Hafeez has gained two slots to reach 20th rank while opener Azhar Ali has moved up 11 slots to 31st position.

For India, opener Rohit Sharma, who scored 123 not out in the semifinal, has gained three slots to reach 10th position while pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up four places to joint-19th) and Jasprit Bumrah (up 19 places to 24th) are the others to gain.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has gained three slots to reach 15th position among bowlers while opener Tamim Iqbal has moved to 16th position among batsmen, a gain of one rank after a continued good run which saw him score 70 against India in the semifinal and finish with 293 runs in the tournament.

The other losing semifinalist, England, saw its top four batsmen in the list – Joe Root (fourth), Alex Hales (17th), Eoin Morgan (18th) and Jos Buttler (19th) retain their rankings.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 19 June, after the ICC Champions Trophy)

Rank    Team                Points

1          South Africa      119

2          Australia           117

3          India                 116 (-1)

4          England                         113 (-1)

5          New Zealand     111

6          Pakistan             95 (+4)

7           Bangladesh      94 (-1)

8          Sri Lanka          93

9          West Indies       77

10        Afghanistan       54

11        Zimbabwe         46

12        Ireland              41

(Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 19 June, after the ICC Champions Trophy)

Top 20 batsmen

Rank      (+/-)        Player                  Team     Points   Avge      Highest Rating

   1         ( - )         Virat Kohli            Ind         865       54.14     886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

   2         ( - )         David Warner       Aus        861       44.72     880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

   3         ( - )         AB de Villiers       SA          847       53.55     902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

   4         ( - )         Joe Root                             Eng       799       49.37     806 v NZ at Cardiff 2017

   5         (+3)        Babar Azam         Pak        786!      53.88     786 v Ind at The Oval 2017

   6         (-1)         K. Williamson       NZ          779       46.98     798 v SA at Centurion 2015

   7         (-1)         Quinton de Kock  SA          769       43.44     803 v NZ at Wellington 2017

   8         (-1)         Faf du Plessis      SA          768       43.41     791 v SL at Cape Town 2017

   9         ( - )         Martin Guptill        NZ          749       43.30     789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

  10=      (+3)        Rohit Sharma       Ind         742       42.46     761 v Aus at Sydney 2016

              ( - )         Shikhar Dhawan  Ind         742       44.51     794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

  12        (-1)         Hashim Amla       SA          741       50.25     901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

  13        (-1)         Steve Smith         Aus        740       44.26     752 v Pak at Sydney 2017

  14        (+1)        Ross Taylor          NZ          707       44.12     743 v Zim at Harare 2015

  15        (-1)         MS Dhoni             Ind         704       50.77     836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

  16        (+1)        Tamim Iqbal         Ban        687       34.38     688 v Aus at The Oval 2017

  17        (-1)         Alex Hales            Eng        678       38.12     705 v NZ at Cardiff 2017

  18        ( - )         Eoin Morgan        Eng        675       38.73     690 v Aus at The Oval 2010

  19        ( - )         Jos Buttler            Eng        654       37.27     723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

  20        (+2)        M. Hafeez            Pak        639       33.01     665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

Top 20 bowlers

Rank      (+/-)        Player                  Team     Points  Avge      Eco.      Highest Rating

   1         ( - )         Josh Hazlewood  Aus        732!      23.85     4.69      732 v Eng at Edgbaston 2017

   2         ( - )         Imran Tahir          SA          718       23.87     4.66      786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017

   3         ( - )         Mitchell Starc       Aus        701       20.13     4.81      783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

   4         ( - )         Kagiso Rabada    SA          685       26.30     5.11      724 v Eng at Lord's 2017

   5         ( - )         Sunil Narine         WI          679       26.46     4.12      791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

   6         ( - )         Trent Boult           NZ          665       25.48     5.00      766 v Ind at Delhi 2016

   7         (+12)      Hassan Ali            Pak        663*!     22.66     5.47      663 v Ind at The Oval 2017

   8         (-1)         Rashid Khan        Afg         647*!     14.74     3.97      647 v WI at St Lucia 2017

   9         (-1)         Chris Woakes      Eng        627       31.60     5.58      651 v SA at Headingley 2017

  10        ( - )         M. Nabi                Afg         618       32.74     4.29      653 v Zim at Harare 2017

  11        (-2)         Liam Plunkett       Eng        614*      30.53     5.74      634 v NZ at Cardiff 2017

  12        ( - )         Mitchell Santner   NZ          610*      33.77     4.99      617 v Ban at Dublin 2017

  13        (-2)         Adil Rashid           Eng        608       32.74     5.60      655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016

  14        (-1)         Matt Henry           NZ          606       25.26     5.62      675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016

  15        (+3)        M. Mortaza           Ban        601       30.54     4.74      653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009

  16        (-3)         Akshar Patel        Ind         599*      30.20     4.38      624 v NZ at Visakhapatnam 2016

  17        ( - )         Morne Morkel       SA          596       24.48     4.94      717 v SL at East London 2012

  18        (-3)         Amit Mishra          Ind         594*      23.60     4.72      618 v NZ at Visakhapatnam 2016

  19=      (-3)         S. Al Hasan          Ban        592       29.49     4.41      717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

              (+4)        B. Kumar              Ind         592       38.44     4.92      657 v WI at Dharamsala 2014

Top 10 all-rounders

Rank      (+/-)        Player                  Team     Points   Highest Rating

   1         ( - )         S. Al Hasan          Ban        353       453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   2         ( - )         M. Hafeez            Pak        339       438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

   3         ( - )         M. Nabi                 Afg        329       349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

   4         ( - )         A. Mathews          SL          306       427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

   5         ( - )         James Faulkner   Aus        299       361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

   6         ( - )         Ben Stokes          Eng        278       288 v Aus at Edgbaston 2017

   7         ( - )         Mitchell Marsh      Aus        273 /*    322 v NZ at Canberra 2016

   8         (+2)        Jason Holder        WI          252       269 v Pak at Guyana 2017

   9         ( - )         Chris Woakes      Eng        251       267 v SA at Headingley 2017

  10        (-2)         Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         247       378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013

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