July 12 (CRICKETNMORE) - In the latest ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jason Holder and Ravichandran Ashwin have returned to the top 20. Kumar has moved up six places to 13th, Holder is now 18th after lifting five places following his eight wickets in the series, while Ashwin is 20th after leaping 10 places.
Other bowlers to make an upward movement include Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer 33rd (up by 18 places), Umesh Yadav of India 37th (up by five places), West Indies’ Ashley Nurse 45th (up by 13 places), Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga 54th (up by three places), Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza 58th (up by 32 places) and India’s Hardik Pandya 63rd (up by 32 places).
Josh Hazlewood is the number-one ranked bowler, followed by Imran Tahir, Mitchell Starc, Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult.
Top 10 Bowlers in ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 11 July)
Top 10 Bowlers in ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 11 July)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points
1 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 732
2 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 718
3 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 701
4 ( - ) Kagiso Rabada SA 685
5 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 665
6 (+1) Hasan Ali Pak 663*!
7 (-2) Sunil Narine WI 662
8 ( - ) Rashid Khan Afg 647
9 ( - ) Chris Woakes Eng 627
10 ( - ) Mohammad Nabi Afg 618
Other Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points
13 (+6) B. Kumar Ind 608
18 (+5) Jason Holder WI 592
20= (+10) R. Ashwin Ind 585
(-4) Akshar Patel Ind 585*
ICC Media Release