28 Jul 2015

Pakistan Rises To 8th In ODI Rankings

KARACHI: Pakistan has moved into eighth position in the ICC ODI Group Rankings after its 3-2 arrangement triumph in Sri Lanka in the five match arrangement which finished up in Hambantota on Sunday. 
Azhar Ali s men have progressed to 90 focuses two in front of the West Indies and now has seventh set Bangladesh immovably in its sights said a Worldwide news discharge issued on Monday. 


By uprightness of completing eighth in ICC Group Positioning and prospective remove date Pakistan had fit the bill for 2017 Champions Trophy being arranged in Britain. 

As a result of the arrangement rout Sri Lanka stays in fifth place however has dropped three rankings focuses which implies that 6th set Britain has a chance to make strides on Angelo Mathews men when it confronts Australia in a five match ODI arrangement from September 3 to 13. 

Mohammad Hafeez was the most elevated run getter in the arrangement and his count of 273 keeps running in five amusements (counting a most noteworthy score of 103 and additionally innings of 70 and 54) has moved the 34 year old three spots to 29th in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. There were likewise remarkable additions for his fellow team members Ahmed Shehzad (up five spots to 30th) and captain Azhar (up eight spots to a vocation high 42nd). 

Regardless of scoring two half hundreds of years in the last two recreations of the arrangement and in doing as such passing the milestone 10 000 run stamp in his 319th ODI on Sunday which the hosts won by 165 runs Sri Lanka s Tillakaratne Dilshan has dropped one spot to 6th on 781 focuses and is presently five focuses behind Dark Tops Kane Williamson. Mathews has likewise dropped down to 21st spot however there were sure developments for Lahiru Thirimanne (up three spots to 36th) and Kusal Perera (up nine spots to a profession high 64th). 

The main 10 remaining parts unaltered which implies that South Africa s Abdominal muscle de Villiers stays in first position on 889 focuses. 

In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers the main 10 remaining parts unaltered however Pakistan s Mohammad Irfan has enhanced his positioning by a spot and is currently level with his colleague Mohammad Hafeez in sixteenth place subsequent to asserting four wickets in the arrangement for 257 runs. Another upward mover for the guests in the outcome of the arrangement was Yasir Shah who has vaulted 44 spots to a profession high 97th. 

For Sri Lanka Sachithra Senanayake s three for 39 in his lone trip on Sunday has helped him climb three spots to eighteenth while Thisara Perera has climbed seven spots to 75th. 

Shakib holds his number one spot in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI All rounders on 418 focuses yet he has extended his lead to 39 focuses over Dilshan who is four focuses in front of his partner Mathews. Hafeez lies in fourth place on 368 focuses. 

In the following ODI arrangement Zimbabwe will have third set New Zealand with the first of three ODIs because of begin in Harare on 2 August. 

ICC ODI Title table as on 27 July 

Rank Group Focuses 

1 Australia 129 

2 India 115 

3 New Zealand 112 

4 South Africa 109 

5 Sri Lanka 103 

6 Britain 98 

7 Bangladesh 96 

8 Pakistan 90 

9 West Indies 88 

10 Ireland 50 

11 Zimbabwe 43 

12 Afghanistan 41 

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