HOPE, HETMYER, CHAHAL, DANANJAYA AND JADEJA ON THE CHARGE
- Top-ranked Kohli moves to 899 points to lead second-ranked Sharma by 28 points; Bangladesh trio also makes impressive gains
- Valuable ranking points up for grabs in upcoming series between Australia and South Africa, and Pakistan and New Zealand
Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer are the biggest gainers in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Player Rankings for ODI Batters, which were released on Friday morning following the conclusion of the series between India and the Windies, and also takes into account the Sri Lanka versus England and the Bangladesh versus Zimbabwe series.
Hope scored 250 runs in the series at 62.50 and has been rewarded with a jump of 22 places that has not only put him in 25th position but has also confirmed his status as the highest-ranked Windies batsman.
Hetmyer, who captained the Windies to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup title in Bangladesh in 2016, was his side’s leading run-getter with 259 runs at 51.80. This performance reflects in the latest batting table as the left-hander has vaulted 31 places to claim 26th position.
The two batsmen are enjoying their career-high rankings and are now separated by only nine points. But, more importantly, the Windies now have two representatives inside the top-30 among batsmen.
India captain Virat Kohli completed 10,000 ODI runs on his way to a series aggregate of 453 runs and has consolidated his position as the top-ranked batsman. He earned 15 points, which has lifted him to 899 points, 28 ahead of second-ranked team-mate Rohit Sharma, who has collected 29 points following his series total of 389 runs. His points tally of 871 is his highest to-date.
Eoin Morgan and Niroshan Dickwella are the main beneficiaries from the Sri Lanka versus England series, which England won 3-1. Morgan has moved to 19th place after rising four places with a series contribution of 195 runs, while Dickwella finished with 192 runs that has lifted him nine places to the 27thspot in the latest batting rankings.
In the bowlers’ table, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akila Dananjaya and Ravindra Jadeja have made big impacts, while number-one-ranked Jasprit Bumrah has achieved a career-high 841 rating points, which is the highest in ODI bowling since Shaun Pollock had 894 points in 2008. Bumrah leads third-ranked Kuldeep Yadav by 118 points. Yadav is also at a career-high 723 rating points.
Chahal has entered the top-10 for the first time in his career by rising three places to eighth, Sri Lanka’s Dananjaya has achieved a career-high ranking of 13th after his nine wickets helped him jump eight places, and Jadeja has climbed 16 places to move to 25th spot after picking up seven wickets.
In the Bangladesh versus Zimbabwe series, Soumya Sarkar has advanced 10 places to 51st place, Imrul Kayes has stormed 36 places to 54th in the batting table, and off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz has risen 15 places to 45th following his four wickets.
Looking ahead, Australia will host South Africa in a three-ODI series and Pakistan will play New Zealand in a series of the same number of 50-over matches in the UAE. Amongst these four sides, which are separated by 12 points, New Zealand are the highest-ranked in third place, followed by South Africa (fourth), Pakistan (fifth) and Australia (sixth).
This means valuable ranking points will be up for grabs in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankingsand all the four sides will aim to collect as many as possible, which will also give their confidence and morale a significant boost as they continue to prepare and be in best possible shape for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which starts on 30 May.
Australia will be defending the World Cup title, while Pakistan will return to the country where they won the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 and finished second best to Australia when the World Cup was last staged in England and Wales, along with Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland, in 1999.
England, host of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, are the number-one ranked side, while India, the two-time world champions and winners of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 in England and Wales, are ranked second. India trail England by five points, but lead third-ranked New Zealand by nine points.
Series permutations:
Australia (100) v South Africa (110)
- If Australia win 3-0 – Australia 104, South Africa 106
- If Australia win 2-1 – Australia 102, South Africa 109
- If South Africa win 2-1 – South Africa 111, Australia 99
- If South Africa win 3-0 – South Africa 113, Australia 97
Pakistan (101) v New Zealand (112)
- If Pakistan win 3-0 – Pakistan 105, New Zealand 108
- If Pakistan win 2-1 – Pakistan 103, New Zealand 110
- If New Zealand win 2-1 – New Zealand 113, Pakistan 101
- If New Zealand win 3-0 – New Zealand 115, Pakistan 99
Upcoming ODI fixtures:
Australia v South Africa
4 November – 1st ODI, Perth
9 November – 2nd ODI, Adelaide (d/n)
11 November – 3rd ODI, Hobart (d/n)
Pakistan v New Zealand
7 November – 1st ODI, Abdu Dhabi (d/n)
9 November – 2nd ODI, Abu Dhabi (d/n)
11 November – 3rd ODI, Dubai (d/n)
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 2 November):
Rank Team Points
- England 126 (-1)
- India 121 (-1)
- New Zealand 112
- South Africa 110
- Pakistan 101
- Australia 100
- Bangladesh 93 (+1)
- Sri Lanka 79 (+2)
- West Indies 72 (+3)
- Afghanistan 67
- Zimbabwe 52 (-1)
- Ireland 39
- Scotland 33
- UAE 21
Nepal will qualify for a full ranking after playing one more ODI, the Netherlands will qualify for a full ranking after playing two more matches.
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 2 November; after India v Windies, Sri Lanka v England and Bangladesh v Zimbabwe ODIs):
BATSMEN (top 30)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Virat Kohli Ind 899 59.83 911 v Eng at Headingley 2018
2 ( – ) Rohit Sharma Ind 871! 47.78 871 v Win at Thiruvananthapur 2018
3 ( – ) Joe Root Eng 807 51.52 824 v SL at Dambulla 2018
4 ( – ) David Warner Aus 803 43.43 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
5 (+1) Babar Azam Pak 798 51.92 846 v NZ at Wellington 2018
6 (+1) Ross Taylor NZ 785 46.28 789 v Eng at Dunedin 2018
7 (+1) Kane Williamson NZ 778 46.87 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
8 (+1) Quinton de Kock SA 769 45.25 808 v Ban at East London 2017
9 (-4) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 767 45.69 813 v Pak at Dubai 2018
10 (+1) F. du Plessis SA 753 44.22 802 v Ind at Durban 2018
11 (+1) Martin Guptill NZ 731 42.99 789 v SA at Hamilton 2017
12 (-3) Jonny Bairstow Eng 726 48.02 777 v Aus at Durham 2018
13 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 718 49.65 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
14 (-1) Tamim Iqbal Ban 707 36.24 737 v Win at St Kitts 2018
15 ( – ) Aaron Finch Aus 706 38.19 744 v Eng at Melbourne 2015
16 ( – ) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 700 34.29 712 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018
17 (+2) Fakhar Zaman Pak 689* 59.00 715 v HK at Dubai 2018
18 (-1) Jos Buttler Eng 685 39.70 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
19= (+1) Steve Smith Aus 675 41.84 752 v Pak at Sydney 2017
(+4) Eoin Morgan Eng 675 38.57 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
21 (-3) MS Dhoni Ind 674 50.11 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
22 (-1) Travis Head Aus 670*! 37.00 670 v Eng at Old Trafford 2018
23 (+1) Kyle Coetzer Sco 642 42.80 647 v Ire at Harare 2018
24 (-3) Jason Roy Eng 640 37.85 680 v Aus at Durham 2018
25 (+22) Shai Hope Win 635* 40.14 658 v Ind at Pune 2018
26 (+31) Shimron Hetmyer Win 626* 43.41 652 v Ind at Pune 2018
27 (+9) N. Dickwella SL 621! 33.90 621 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2018
28= ( – ) Ben Stokes Eng 618 36.35 654 v Win at Bristol 2017
(-1) Imam-ul-Haq Pak 618*! 64.08 618 v Ban at Abu Dhabi 2018
30 (-4) Angelo Mathews SL 616 42.36 707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
BOWLERS (top 30)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 841! 21.01 841 v Win at Thiruvananthapur 2018
2 ( – ) Rashid Khan Afg 788 14.47 806 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018
3 ( – ) Kuldeep Yadav Ind 723*! 20.07 723 v Win at Thiruvananthapur 2018
4 ( – ) Trent Boult NZ 699 24.63 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
5 ( – ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 696 24.27 733 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
6 ( – ) Kagiso Rabada SA 691 26.79 724 v Eng at Lord’s 2017
7 ( – ) Imran Tahir SA 685 23.75 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
8= (+3) Y. Chahal Ind 683* 25.55 696 v Win at Guwahati 2018
( – ) Adil Rashid Eng 683 30.42 687 v SL at Pallekele 2018
10 (-2) Hasan Ali Pak 681 22.39 766 v NZ at Wellington 2018
11 (-1) M. Ur Rahman Afg 679* 19.06 691 v Ban at Abu Dhabi 2018
12 ( – ) M. Rahman Ban 671* 20.14 674 v Zim at Chittagong 2018
13 (+8) A. Dananjaya SL 651*! 26.93 651 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2018
14= (-1) Chris Woakes Eng 642 30.64 673 v NZ at Christchurch 2018
( – ) Mitchell Starc Aus 642 20.95 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
16 (-1) Mohammad Nabi Afg 633 31.44 653 v Zim at Harare 2017
17 (-1) Mitchell Santner NZ 632 33.91 663 v Eng at Hamilton 2018
18 ( – ) Pat Cummins Aus 607 28.45 626 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
19 ( – ) Matt Henry NZ 606 24.59 675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
20 ( – ) Tim Murtagh Ire 602 29.74 613 v Zim at Harare 2018
21 (-4) Moeen Ali Eng 601 44.88 629 v Aus at Old Trafford 2018
22 (+1) B. Kumar Ind 590 38.22 658 v Win at Dharamsala 2014
23 (+1) Axar Patel Ind 582* 31.31 663 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
24 (+2) Dale Steyn SA 581 26.16 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
25 (+16) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 576 34.94 738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
26 (-4) Liam Plunkett Eng 571 29.77 646 v Win at Southampton 2017
27= (+4) Mohammad Amir Pak 563* 31.20 581 v HK at Dubai 2018
(+4) Junaid Khan Pak 563 27.30 656 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013
29 (+1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 559 29.62 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
30 (-5) Mark Wood Eng 557 48.50 586 v Ind at Headingley 2018
ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Rashid Khan Afg 353*/ 359 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018
2 (+1) Mohammad Nabi Afg 337 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
3 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 332 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
4 ( – ) Mitchell Santner NZ 317! 317 v Eng at Christchurch 2018
5 ( – ) M. Hafeez Pak 306 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.
!indicates career-highest rating
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