ICC ODI Rankings: Dananjaya and Dickwella on the charge

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 25^th 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 26^th 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 19^th 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 27^thspot 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 13^th after his nine wickets helped him jump eight places, and Jadeja has climbed 16 places to move to 25^th spot after picking up seven wickets.

In the Bangladesh versus Zimbabwe series, Soumya Sarkar has advanced 10 places to 51^st place, Imrul Kayes has stormed 36 places to 54^th in the batting table, and off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz has risen 15 places to 45^th 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 – 1^st ODI, Perth

9 November – 2^nd ODI, Adelaide (d/n)

11 November – 3^rd ODI, Hobart (d/n)

Pakistan v New Zealand

7 November – 1^st ODI, Abdu Dhabi (d/n)

9 November – 2^nd ODI, Abu Dhabi (d/n)

11 November – 3^rd ODI, Dubai (d/n)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 2 November):

Rank    Team               Points

1. England            126 (-1)
2. India                 121 (-1)
3. New Zealand     112
4. South Africa      110
5. Pakistan           101
6. Australia           100
7. Bangladesh       93 (+1)
8. Sri Lanka          79 (+2)
9. West Indies       72 (+3)
10. Afghanistan       67
11. Zimbabwe         52 (-1)
12. Ireland              39
13. Scotland           33
14. 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