Babar Azam reclaims No.1 ICC ranking in ODIs

Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has reclaimed his No.1 position in the latest ICC ODI Rankings released on Wednesday (December 20). Shubman Gill has slipped to number two after missing the ongoing ODI series against South Africa and has 810 ratings to his name now while Babar has 824 rating points to his name.

Interestingly, Pakistan have not played a single ODI since November 11 when they played their last league stage encounter at the World Cup, against England. Babar is currently gearing up for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)



against Australia that is set to commence on December 26. Not playing an ODI for close to 40 days has worked for him in rankings as his rating points didn't dip while Gill missed out when India were playing and hence, lost rating points eventually losing his numero uno position to Babar.

There are no other changes in the top 10 rankings among batters in ODIs with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma sitting at third and fourth position respectively. Among bowlers, Adam Zampa has jumped to number four as Jasprit Bumrah has slipped to fifth for the same reason as Gill.