Career best Ranking for Babar Azam

June 19 (CRICKETNMORE) - In the recently released ICC ODI Batsmen Ranking, 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 10thposition while pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up four places to joint-19th) and Jasprit Bumrah (up 19 places to 24th) are the others to gain.

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

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Best XI

 

Rank      (+/-)         Player                    Team     Points    

   1           ( - )          Virat Kohli             Ind          865        

   2           ( - )          David Warner       Aus         861       

   3           ( - )          AB de Villiers        SA           847       

   4           ( - )          Joe Root                Eng       799        

   5           (+3)         Babar Azam         Pak         786

   6           (-1)          K. Williamson       NZ           779       

   7           (-1)          Quinton de Kock  SA           769        

   8           (-1)          Faf du Plessis      SA           768        

   9           ( - )          Martin Guptill        NZ           749      

  10=       (+3)         Rohit Sharma       Ind          742        

                ( - )          Shikhar Dhawan  Ind          742       

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With Inputs from ICC Press Release