Dubai, 11 November: India pacer Gurnoor Brar has climbed 60 places to 48th in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings after his performances in the series against New Zealand, while Shubman Gill remains the top-ranked ODI batter.
Gurnoor took three for 44 in Auckland and four for 30 in Wellington and now has 21 wickets from his first 12 ODIs. India lead the five-match series 2-0 after the third match in Hamilton on Tuesday was washed out.
Axar and Arshdeep move up
All-rounder Axar Patel has risen 23 places to 21st in the ODI bowling list after taking two for 28 in India’s low-scoring win in Wellington. Arshdeep Singh has climbed 11 places to joint-31st after following his four-wicket haul in Auckland with an economical spell in Wellington.
Rain limited the chances for big movements in the batting list, where the top four are unchanged: Gill leads New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, with Virat Kohli third and Rohit Sharma fourth.
Rahmat Shah breaks new ground
In the Test rankings, Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah has become the first player from his country to enter the top 10 for batting or bowling. His career-best 173 in the drawn first Test against Zimbabwe in Sharjah lifted him to seventh with a personal-best 735 rating points.
Sediqullah Atal moved up 14 places to 81st after scoring 105, and Rahmanullah’s debut 113 took him to joint-83rd. Zimbabwe became the first team in Test history to score more than 500 in both innings of the same match. Craig Ervine, at 41 years and 84 days the third-oldest player to score a Test double-century, rose nine places to 48th, Brian Bennett (128 and 58) climbed 10 to 75th and Brendan Taylor (131 and 82) jumped 29 to 103rd. Wessly Madhevere’s maiden century took him into the top 100 at 99th.
Hridoy rockets up after record 242
Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy jumped from 175th to 60th after a national-record unbeaten 242 and 82 in the drawn second Test against the West Indies in Sylhet, a result that gave the visitors the series. Kavem Hodge reached a career-best 52nd after his second-innings 142, and Amir Jangoo rose 28 places to 62nd after scoring 133.
West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican, the Player of the Series, took seven wickets in Sylhet and moved up 11 places to joint-19th, his first appearance in the top 20 of the Test bowling list. He is also up four to 31st among all-rounders, where team-mate Justin Greaves gained one place to joint-eighth. Bangladesh’s Hasan Mahmud rose six places to 32nd and Zimbabwe’s Newman Nyamhuri climbed 10 to a career-best 75th.
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