India's prime pacer Jasprit Bumrah has become World no.1 bowler in the latest ODI Player Rankings after a chartbuster six-fer against England in the first One Day Internationals of the three-match series on Tuesday.
Riding on his bowling wizardry of 6/19 at the Oval, Bumrah stormed to the summit of the bowlers' rankings by plunging three places up as he leapfrogged New Zealand's Trent Boult and Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi who are stationed at no.2 and no.3 spot respectively.
Bumrah's new-ball partner Mohammed Shami also made a jump up the rankings for bowlers, with the pacer rising three places to equal 23rd on the back of his three-wicket haul against England.
Bumrah broke Ashish Nehra’s 19-year-old record to register best bowling figures by an Indian against England in ODIs. Bumrah took six wickets for 19 runs in his 7.2 overs in 2003 World Cup, Nehra took six wickets for 23 runs. However, the left pacer arm got these wickets in Durban, South Africa.
Dhawan improves in batters' standings
India veteran Shikhar Dhawan chimed in with an unbeaten 31 against England and he moved up one spot to equal 12th on the batter rankings as a result.
There wasn't much movement from an England perspective, but a handful of New Zealand and Ireland players did catch the eye following the opening two matches of their ODI series in Dublin.
Ireland young gun Harry Tector scored his maiden ODI in the opening game of the series and he jumps up 10 places to be ranked 34th on the rankings for batters.
Meanwhile, Babar Azam is rigid at the summit followed by his teammate Imam-Ul-Haq and India's Virat Kohli in second and third place respectively.
Suryakumar's high-five in T20 Rankings
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav, who scored a sensational 117 in the third and final T20I against England on Sunday, entered the top-10 of the ICC rankings for T20I batters. He jumped 44 places to become No.5 in the rankings. Yadav is currently the highest-ranked Indian on the list with Ishan Kishan in 12th being the next one. Meanwhile, the T20I batters' list is ruled by Pakistan's star batter and skipper Babar Azam followed by compatriot Mohammad Rizwan and South Africa's Aiden Markram in second and third spot respectively.
India trump Pakistan
Also, India have trumped arch-rivals Pakistan in the latest ICC ODI Team Rankings owing to their comprehensive 10-wicket triumph over England in the three-match ODI series opener
The Rohit Sharma-led side have surged to third spot, leapfrogging Pakistan as India were placed fourth with 105 points but the 10-wicket win on Tuesday propelled them to 108 rating points, leaving Pakistan behind at 106 in the latest chart.
India were placed fourth with 105 points but the 10-wicket win on Tuesday propelled them to 108 rating points, leaving Pakistan behind at 106 in the latest chart.
