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    "excerpt": "Sri Lankan Wanindu Hasaranga: Pakistan's batter Salman Agha and spinner Abrar Ahmed have reached their career-high rankings in the ICC Men\u2019s ODI Player Rankings following impressive performances in their home series versus South Africa and Sri Lanka this week.\n",
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    "editor1": "Sri Lankan Wanindu Hasaranga: Pakistan's batter Salman Agha and spinner Abrar Ahmed have reached their career-high rankings in the ICC Men\u2019s ODI Player Rankings following impressive performances in their home series versus South Africa and Sri Lanka this week.\n<p>Salman\u2019s match-winning 105 not out off 87 balls in the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi, following scores of 69 and five not out in the previous series against South Africa, has helped him climb 14 places to 16th in the batting rankings. He is now the second-highest ranked Pakistani player in this format, after Babar Azam, who is seventh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Abrar\u2019s performances of taking three wickets for 53 runs and four for 27 against South Africa have boosted him 17 places to 20th among bowlers. He is now only four spots behind Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan\u2019s top bowler in the format, ranked 16th position.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Other batters climbing the batting rankings include Sri Lanka\u2019s Charith Asalanka (rising one spot to sixth), South Africa\u2019s Quinton de Kock (advancing four spots to 15th), Pakistan\u2019s Saim Ayub (jumping 18 places to 35th), and South Africa\u2019s Matthew Breetzke (moving up eight places to 49th).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The bowling rankings show Sri Lankan Wanindu Hasaranga advancing one place to ninth, and Asitha Fernando improving six spots to 25th. Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf moves up three places to 28th, while Nepal\u2019s Sandeep Lamichhane also rises three spots 48th).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Other batters climbing the batting rankings include Sri Lanka\u2019s Charith Asalanka (rising one spot to sixth), South Africa\u2019s Quinton de Kock (advancing four spots to 15th), Pakistan\u2019s Saim Ayub (jumping 18 places to 35th), and South Africa\u2019s Matthew Breetzke (moving up eight places to 49th).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h5><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">LIVE Cricket Score<\/a><\/h5><p>The bowling rankings show New Zealand's Jacob Duffy rising six places to third and Mitchell Santner moving up five places to 23rd, while West Indies\u2019 Roston Chase climbs from 38th to 32nd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h5>Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ians.in\/english-wire\/sports\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">IANS<\/a><\/h5>",
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