Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam declare high two ODI batting spots

In ODIs, captain Babar Azam and compatriot opener Imam-ul-Haq are on the first and second locations, respectively, abandoning India’s batting greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma at third and fourth, respectively.

The 26-year-old Imam top-scored within the recently-held three-match ODI collection in opposition to the West Indies in Multan, amassing 199 runs (three half-centuries) averaging 66.33.

Proper-handed Babar within the mentioned collection totalled 181 with the assistance of 1 century and a half-century, averaging 181.

Within the record of ODI bowlers, Pakistan tempo spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi is on the fourth place after taking three wickets from two matches in opposition to the Caribbean facet in Multan. Australian quick bowler Josh Hazlewood has moved as much as quantity two within the record led by New Zealand’s tempo service provider Trent Boult.

In T20 Worldwide rankings, Babar and wicket-keeper/batsman Moham­mad Rizwan are occupying the primary and second spots, respectively with 818 and 794 factors.

In Take a look at rankings for batters, the 27-year-old Babar is fourth with 815 factors whereas in Take a look at bowling rankings Shaheen is fourth (827 factors).

In the meantime, Hazlewood is world’s top-ranked bowler in T20 Internationals, Indian opener Ishan Kishan breaks into high 10 whereas veteran England batter Joe Root is again on the high of the ICC Males’s Take a look at participant rankings after smashing a second successive century within the ongoing ICC World Take a look at Championship collection in opposition to New Zealand.

The 31-year-old Root, who had reached inside putting distance of Marnus Labuschagne after the primary Take a look at, has wrested again the highest spot from the Australia batter, whom he now leads by 5 score factors. Root is on 897 factors after his knock of 176 within the first innings of the Nottingham Take a look at, 20 lower than his highest of 917 factors.

Proper-handed Root first grabbed primary place in August 2015 and was final on the high in December 2021 earlier than Labuschagne leapfrogged him. Root has been No.1 in Exams for 163 days thus far. Steve Smith (1,506 days), Kohli (469 days) and Kane Williamson (245 days) are the others to have had substantial vigils on the high in recent times.