Quinton De Kock advances to fourth in ODI rankings

The 26-year-old left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman’s 353 runs in the series, which included one century and three half-centuries, have helped him win the player of the series award and gain four slots in the latest rankings, which also see his captain Faf du Plessis move up to fifth position after scoring 272 runs.

India captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma remain at number one and two after scoring 310 and 202 runs, respectively, in the home series against Australia, which they lost 3-2. The latest rankings update carried out on Sunday also includes performances from series that saw New Zealand defeat Bangladesh 3-0 and the two drawn series between the West Indies and England, and Afghanistan and Ireland.

Four others named player of the series have also made huge gains. West Indies opener Chris Gayle’s effort of 424 runs, including two centuries, have lifted him 35 places to 41st position, New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill’s 264 runs have taken him from 19th to ninth position, Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan has moved up 16 places to 87th position while Usman Khawaja’s 383 runs have lifted him 83 places to a career-best 25th place.

Other batsmen to move up include Jos Buttler (up five places to 13th) and captain Eoin Morgan (up three places to 17th) of England, Shimron Hetmyer of the West Indies (up 16 places to 23rd), India’s Kedar Jadhav (up 11 places to a career-best 24th), Australia’s Marc Stoinis (up 15 places to 29th) and South Africa’s Aiden Markram (up 12 places to 89th).

In the list for bowlers, two formerly top-ranked players have made significant gains. New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult has moved up one place to second after finishing with six wickets against Bangladesh while South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir has gained seven slots to reach fourth place after taking nine wickets against Sri Lanka.

Other bowlers to advance include Australia’s Pat Cummins (up 13 places to seventh), New Zealand’s Lachlan Ferguson (up 12 places to 22nd), England’s Mark Wood (up eight places to 24th), South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi (up 21 places to 26th), West Indies captain Jason Holder (up 10 places to 30th) and Andy McBrine of Ireland (up 10 places to 42nd).

Meanwhile, South Africa have gained one point while Sri Lanka have lost two points in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings. There have been no significant changes during the five series except for New Zealand narrowly edging past South Africa to third position and Australia going past Pakistan to fifth position.

MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings (as of 17 March)

Rank    Team               Points

1.     England            123 (-3)

2.     India                 120 (-2)

3.     New Zealand     112 (+1)

4.     South Africa      112  (+1)

5.     Australia           103 (+3)

6.     Pakistan           102

7.     Bangladesh         90 (-3)

8.     Sri Lanka            76 (-2)

9.     West Indies         76 (+4)

10.  Afghanistan         64 (+3)

11.  Zimbabwe           52

12.  Ireland                43 (+4)

13.  Scotland            33

14.  UAE                   15

15.  Nepal                   15

16.  Netherlands*         8

*The Netherlands will qualify for a full ranking after playing two more matches.

(Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings (as on 17 March 2019)

Batsmen (top 20)

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

   1        ( - )       Virat Kohli         India     890      59.57   911 v Eng at Headingley 2018

   2        ( - )       Rohit Sharma    India     839      47.39   883 v Aus at Sydney 2019

   3        ( - )       Ross Taylor      NZ        830      48.34   831 v India at Hamilton 2019

   4        (+4)      Q de Kock         SA        803      45.56   813 v SL at Durban 2019

   5=     (+1)      Faf du Plessis   SA        801      46.54   810 v SL at Centurion 2019

            ( - )       Babar Azam      Pak      801      51.29   846 v NZ at Wellington 2018

   7        (-3)       Joe Root           Eng      791      50.90   824 v SL at Dambulla 2018

   8        (+1)      Fakhar Zaman  Pak      755*!   53.40   755 v SA at Cape Town 2019

   9        (+10)    Martin Guptill     NZ        750       43.51   789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

  10       (-3)       Shai Hope         WI        744       45.56   785 v Eng at Barbados 2019

  11       ( - )       K Williamson     NZ        736       45.90   798 v SA at Centurion 2015

  12       (-2)       S Dhawan         India     732       44.62   813 v Pak at Dubai 2018

  13       (+5)      Jos Buttler        Eng      710       40.80   723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

  14       (-1)       Hashim Amla    SA        704       49.74   901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

  15       (+1)      Imam-ul-Haq     Pak      695*    60.55   706 v SA at Johannesburg 2019

  16       (-4)       Jonny Bairstow  Eng      691       46.04   777 v Aus at Durham 2018

  17       (+3)      Eoin Morgan     Eng      690       39.15   698 v WI at Grenada 2019

  18       (-4)       M Rahim           Ban      689      34.56   712 v WI at Sylhet 2018

  19       (-5)       Tamim Iqbal      Ban      679      36.08   737 v WI at St Kitts 2018

  20       (-3)       MS Dhoni          India     674      50.72   836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

Bowlers (top 20)

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

   1        ( - )       Jasprit Bumrah  India     774      22.15    4.51     841 v WI at T’puram 2018

   2        (+1)      Trent Boult        NZ        759      24.70    5.07     766 v India at Delhi 2016

   3        (-1)       Rashid Khan     Afg       747      15.00    3.90     806 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018

   4        (+7)      Imran Tahir       SA        703      24.21    4.62     786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017

   5        (+2)      Kagiso Rabada SA        701      26.43    4.98     724 v Eng at Lord's 2017

   6        (-2)       Kuldeep Yadav  India     689      21.74    4.93     765 v NZ at Bay Oval 2019

   7        (+13)    Pat Cummins    Aus      681!     27.25    5.23     681 v India at Delhi 2019

   8        (-3)       Y Chahal           India     680      24.61    4.89     730 v NZ at Napier 2019

   9        ( - )       M Ur Rahman   Afg       678*    18.80    3.74     691 v Ban at Abu Dhabi 2018

  10       (-2)       Adil Rashid       Eng      672      29.74    5.58     687 v SL at Pallekele 2018

  11       (-5)       M Rahman        Ban      667      21.71    4.71     695 v WI at Sylhet 2018

  12       (-2)       J Hazlewood     Aus      648      25.15    4.73     733 v Eng at Adelaide 2018

  13       (+1)      Hasan Ali          Pak      634      24.18    5.25     766 v NZ at Wellington 2018

  14       (-1)       A Dananjaya     SL        627*    29.64    5.16     651 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2018

  15       (+8)      Matt Henry        NZ        625      26.21    5.52     675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016

  16       (+1)      B Kumar           India     619      35.66    5.01     658 v WI at Dharamsala 2014

  17=     (-5)       Chris Woakes   Eng      618      31.62    5.61     673 v NZ at Christchurch 2018

            (-1)       Dale Steyn        SA        618      25.95    4.87     746 v India at Durban 2013

  19       (-4)       M Nabi               Afg       614      31.75    4.25     653 v Zim at Harare 2017

  20       (-2)       Mitchell Starc    Aus      607      21.44    4.95     783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

All-rounders (top five)

Rank    (+/-)      Player               Team     Pts      Highest Rating

   1        ( - )       Rashid Khan     Afg       356      359 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018

   2        ( - )       S Al Hasan        Ban      341      453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

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

   4        ( - )       M Hafeez          Pak      296      437 v India at Kolkata 2013

   5        (+1)      M Santner         NZ        278      317 v Eng at Christchurch 2018