India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has made handsome gains in the latest MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings after playing a big role in the team’s 5-0 series whitewash over Sri Lanka.
Bumrah has moved up 27 ranks to a career-best fourth position in a list led by Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood with South Africa spinner Imran Tahir and Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc the other two bowlers ahead of him.
The 23-year-old Bumrah, whose previous best was 24th position in June this year, has moved up the table with his player of the series effort of 15 wickets, the best by any bowler in a bilateral ODI series in Sri Lanka. His performances included a career-best five for 27 in the third ODI at Palekelle.
Also gaining in the rankings is India’s left-arm spinner Akshar Patel, who has moved up from 20th to 10th position after finishing with six wickets in four matches. Patel has thus closed in on his career-high rank of ninth in October last year.
Hardik Pandya (up two places to 61st), Kuldeep Yadav (up 21 places to 89th) and Yuzvendra Chahal (up 55 places to 99th) are other India bowlers to gain in the rankings.
Captain Virat Kohli has consolidated his position at the top of the rankings for batsmen after his 330 runs in the series, which included an unbeaten 110 in the last match in Colombo on Sunday, his second century of the series.
Kohli, who is also top-ranked in T20Is, has increased his lead over Australia’s David Warner from 12 to 26 points and is now on 887 points – equaling the highest ODI rating points by an India batsman, recorded by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998.
Rohit Sharma, the second highest run-maker in the series with 302 runs, and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are both back in the top 10. Sharma, who struck two centuries in Sri Lanka, has gained five slots to reach ninth place while Dhoni’s 162 runs have lifted him two places to 10th position.
For Sri Lanka, all-rounder Angelo Mathews’s 192 runs in the series have helped him gain four slots to reach 23rd position while Niroshan Dickwella (up two places to 36th), Upul Tharanga (up one place to 63rd) and Milinda Siriwardana (up 35 places to 89th) are the others to gain.
Mathews has gained one slot among bowlers to reach 52nd position while spinner Akila Dananjaya has gained 21 places to reach 80th position. Mathews has also gained one position to be fourth among all-rounders.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has been unable to seal a direct qualification place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which it could have done by winning two matches in the series.
Although it is in a strong position to make the grade, the Windies can overtake it by beating Ireland in an upcoming match on 13 September and winning either all five matches against England or the last four matches for a 4-1 win in the series from 19 to 29 September.
The top seven ODI sides apart from host England as on 30 September qualify directly. Teams not getting direct places will get another shot through a Qualifying tournament.
The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 will feature the bottom four sides from the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings, the top four sides from the ICC World Cricket League Championship and the top two sides from the ICC World Cricket League. The top two sides from the World Cup Qualifier will complete the 10-team line-up for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
India remains in third position but has gained three points to close in on Australia, which is also on 117 points but remains ahead on decimal points.
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MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 4 September, after the India v Sri Lanka series):
Rank Team Points
1. South Africa 119
2. Australia 117
3. India 117 (+3)
4. England 113
5. New Zealand 111
6. Pakistan 95
7. Bangladesh 94
8. Sri Lanka 86 (-2)
9. West Indies 78
10. Afghanistan 54
11. Zimbabwe 52
12. Ireland 41
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 4 September, after the India v Sri Lanka series):
BATTING (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 887! 55.75 887 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
2 ( - ) David Warner Aus 861 44.72 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
3 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 847 53.55 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
4 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 799 49.37 806 v NZ at Cardiff 2017
5 ( - ) Babar Azam Pak 786*! 53.88 786 v Ind at The Oval 2017
6 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 779 46.98 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
7 ( - ) Quinton de Kock SA 769 43.44 803 v NZ at Wellington 2017
8 ( - ) Faf du Plessis SA 768 43.41 791 v SL at Cape Town 2017
9 (+5) Rohit Sharma Ind 764 43.46 773 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
10= (+2) MS Dhoni Ind 749 52.20 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
23 (+4) Angelo Mathews SL 625 40.93 707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
36 (+2) N. Dickwella SL 571* 38.73 605 v Ind at Pallekele 2017
63= (+1) Upul Tharanga SL 502 33.25 663 v NZ at Napier 2006
89 (+35) M. Siriwardana SL 431*! 28.76 431 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2017
102 (+21) Manish Pandey Ind 404*! 49.57 404 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
BOWLING (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 732! 23.85 4.69 732 v Eng at Edgbaston 2017
2 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 718 23.87 4.66 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
3 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 701 20.13 4.81 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
4 (+27) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 687*! 20.87 4.68 687 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
5 (-1) Kagiso Rabada SA 685 26.30 5.11 724 v Eng at Lord's 2017
6 (-1) Trent Boult NZ 665 25.48 5.00 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
7 (-1) Hasan Ali Pak 663*! 22.66 5.47 663 v Ind at The Oval 2017
8 (-1) Sunil Narine WI 662 26.46 4.12 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
9 (-1) Rashid Khan Afg 647*! 14.74 3.97 647 v WI at St Lucia 2017
10 (+10) Akshar Patel Ind 645* 29.53 4.30 648 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
52 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 487 34.10 4.62 649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013
61= (+2) Hardik Pandya Ind 456* 35.26 5.46 458 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
80 (+21) Akila Dananjaya SL 411* 22.64 5.28 438 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2017
89 (+21) Kuldeep Yadav Ind 389*! 20.81 3.97 389 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
99= (+55) Y. Chahal Ind 364*! 24.09 4.14 364 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 353 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( - ) M. Hafeez Pak 339 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
3 ( - ) M. Nabi Afg 329 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
4 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 304 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
5 (-1) James Faulkner Aus 299 361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
