Jasprit Bumrah gains career high ranking after SL series

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Kohli equals Tendulkar’s record rating for an India batsman

Patel moves into top 10 for bowlers; Sharma, Dhoni also back in top 10

Mathews, Dickwella, Dananjaya also gain in latest rankings
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.

Though 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.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 4 September, after the India v Sri Lanka series):

Rank Team Points

South Africa 119
Australia 117
India 117 (+3)
England 113
New Zealand 111
Pakistan 95
Bangladesh 94
Sri Lanka 86 (-2)
West Indies 78
Afghanistan 54
Zimbabwe 52
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


https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/465627

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Best Death bowler in the world

 

[Saj]

Just out of interest look at the list of top ranked all-rounders.

Other than Shakib what a poor list of names. Just shows the decline in the standard of all-rounders.

 

[idrizzy]

Babar Azam with 786. Couldn't have been more scripted

 

[Rayyman]

Best Death bowler in the world

Not the best, but probably among the Top 10 death bowlers in Asia.

 

[Rayyman]

Just out of interest look at the list of top ranked all-rounders.

Other than Shakib what a poor list of names. Just shows the decline in the standard of all-rounders.

Mathews is a good all-rounder too.

 

[bilawal666]

I personally think Hassan Ali deserves to be 4th in the rankings.

 

[Rayyman]

I personally think Hassan Ali deserves to be 4th in the rankings.

Rankings are obviously inaccurate.

Axar Patel is ahead of Mohammad Amir.

That should tell you something.

 

[Teshi98]

Rankings are obviously inaccurate.

Axar Patel is ahead of Mohammad Amir.

That should tell you something.

Yes it does. It tells that even axar patel has been more consistent than overhyped amir who shows up once in long time that too when things are perfectly set up for him.
How much match winning performances has he actually given since his comeback to be called as great as he has been in recent times?

 

[saeed5646]

Yes it does. It tells that even axar patel has been more consistent than overhyped amir who shows up once in long time that too when things are perfectly set up for him.
How much match winning performances has he actually given since his comeback to be called as great as he has been in recent times?

how much axar patel have match winning performances ?convince me axar is better than amir

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

How much match winning performances has he actually given since his comeback to be called as great as he has been in recent times?

I don't know

Perhaps taking your top 3 out on a pitch so flat that it made the professor look good.

 

[Teshi98]

how much axar patel have match winning performances ?convince me axar is better than amir

I did not mean to say that axar is better than amir. In terms of raw talent amir i believe is better than most left handed fast bowlers in this era. However the rankings indicate the performances of the players which amir has not given consistently since his comeback. Although he performed in a very big match(though it was the perfect platform for him to do so) he has not been able to replicatr them very often. He has blown hot and cold and not taken many wickets . Talent wise he is much better than axar patel and that is clear to all. Rankings also are not exactly accurate but they are not very bad way to judge players either. So i feel that considering performances given by both their rankings are justified.
Also axar is usually very accurate picking up 1 to 2 wickets every match at excellent economy. Then he generally has a good match with 3 wickets or so once in while making him a pretty useful bowler

 

[Teshi98]

I don't know

Perhaps taking your top 3 out on a pitch so flat that it made the professor look good.

Yeah sure it was a great performance on a flat wicket but he had cushion of 340 runs behind him. Bowlers are often ridiculed when they fail to defend targets in excess of 250 or so and not fior smaller targets because there is a reason for it i believe. Add to it the fact that it was a final of icc tournament the conditions become even more favourable. Even we completely ignore this it means one great outing. Apart from this match where was he great impact wise or at least had great stats to show ? Hasan ali is the best bowler in your team based on actual performances and he is rightly up there in top 10.

 

[Rayyman]

I did not mean to say that axar is better than amir. In terms of raw talent amir i believe is better than most left handed fast bowlers in this era. However the rankings indicate the performances of the players which amir has not given consistently since his comeback. Although he performed in a very big match(though it was the perfect platform for him to do so) he has not been able to replicatr them very often. He has blown hot and cold and not taken many wickets . Talent wise he is much better than axar patel and that is clear to all. Rankings also are not exactly accurate but they are not very bad way to judge players either. So i feel that considering performances given by both their rankings are justified.
Also axar is usually very accurate picking up 1 to 2 wickets every match at excellent economy. Then he generally has a good match with 3 wickets or so once in while making him a pretty useful bowler

If he isn't better, then he shouldn't be ranked ahead of him. Thus indicating a fallacy in the ICC's ranking system.

 

[Teshi98]

If he isn't better, then he shouldn't be ranked ahead of him. Thus indicating a fallacy in the ICC's ranking system.

He is not better talent wise but he has been more consistent and has given better performances than amir since his comeback. Rankings indicate what you do on the field not how talented you are or how better you look than a certain player on paper

 

[squarecut]

Talent is the ability to perform on the field, not the supposed promise that one shows.

 

[Teshi98]

Talent is the ability to perform on the field, not the supposed promise that one shows.

In the end i believe it comes equaivalent to what you have said. All pperd based on some 2-3 innings of unar akmal declared him to be most talented pak bat from previous years and even better than indian batsmen like kohli. However as he continued to fail and dissapoint most of them now say that he actually never had any talent. So actually only performance is what should matter while judging a cricketer and rankings take that into account

 

[CanadianG00se]

If he isn't better, then he shouldn't be ranked ahead of him. Thus indicating a fallacy in the ICC's ranking system.

Rankings are not based on Talent, its based on consistent performance.

 

[saeed5646]

He is not better talent wise but he has been more consistent and has given better performances than amir since his comeback. Rankings indicate what you do on the field not how talented you are or how better you look than a certain player on paper

To be fair amir have played some realy tough away odi series that to after serving the 5 years ban
England tour aus tour Nz tour odi series are tough for any bowler so thats why he have not right up their in wicket column but he is improving and will eventually get where he was in past
If axar played matches in these countries he would have worse performance rather than the easy home series he have been playing where india completly destroy oppostion in odis series

 

[Teshi98]

To be fair amir have played some realy tough away odi series that to after serving the 5 years ban
England tour aus tour Nz tour odi series are tough for any bowler so thats why he have not right up their in wicket column but he is improving and will eventually get where he was in past
If axar played matches in these countries he would have worse performance rather than the easy home series he have been playing where india completly destroy oppostion in odis series

Well it may be true but there is nothing certain. However i can agree that compared with what he has done in subcontinent the performances will decline outside it because he is a spinner. However for someone like amir i feel he has more chances of doing well on these tours especially in eng or nz where you can find some swing occasionally.
Also the rankings thus are not faulty since they consider only what players have achieved on field and in that context axar has surely outperformed amir

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Yeah sure it was a great performance on a flat wicket but he had cushion of 340 runs behind him. Bowlers are often ridiculed when they fail to defend targets in excess of 250 or so and not fior smaller targets because there is a reason for it i believe. Add to it the fact that it was a final of icc tournament the conditions become even more favourable. Even we completely ignore this it means one great outing. Apart from this match where was he great impact wise or at least had great stats to show ? Hasan ali is the best bowler in your team based on actual performances and he is rightly up there in top 10.

Who cares

1. Most were Pakistanis nervous and many Indians confident going into the 2nd innings

2. Amir has now played decisive roles in 2 world tournament finals , no one can take that away from him

 

[Itachi]

Who cares

1. Most were Pakistanis nervous and many Indians confident going into the 2nd innings

2. Amir has now played decisive roles in 2 world tournament finals , no one can take that away from him

No one took that away from him.

He isn't a consistent performer. And it shows in rankings. That's it.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

No one took that away from him.

He isn't a consistent performer. And it shows in rankings. That's it.

i was responding to this

How much match winning performances has he actually given since his comeback to be called as great as he has been in recent times?
Read more at http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...h-ranking-after-SL-series#Ol6GSvidgFO2hL7Z.99

Its true Amir hasnt been a consistent wicket taker since his come back, but in the end I wouldn't be surprised if he does make it to the top tier of Pakistan cricket history

 

[Sidilicious]

i was responding to this



Its true Amir hasnt been a consistent wicket taker since his come back, but in the end I wouldn't be surprised if he does make it to the top tier of Pakistan cricket history

Given what talent he has (had?), I would be disappointed if he doesn't.

 

[Dingolfy]

Given what talent he has (had?), I would be disappointed if he doesn't.

Didn't he already? He ripped through the famed Indian top order not once but twice.

 

[Sidilicious]

Didn't he already? He ripped through the famed Indian top order not once but twice.

And one such spell a year makes him a success?