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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