New Delhi: Zimbabwe T20 skipper Sikander Raza has achieved career-best rating points to become the new number one ranked ODI all-rounder in the world. Raza achieved the top rankings, leapfrogging two Afghanistan all-rounders, on back of two half century scores and a lone wicket against Sri Lanka recently.
Aggregating a total of 151 runs and rating points of 302, Raza overtook Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi to jump top spots to the top position. Apart from the Zimbabwe captain, his teammate Sean Williams also jumped seven spots to the 16th position while Sri Lankan captain Charith Asalanka moved four spots to the 21st position in the list.
Raza jumps in batters rankings
Not only in the all-rounders list, Raza also jumped nine positions in the batters list to get to the 22nd position while Pathum Nissanka, who emerged as the top run-getter from the two match series with 198 runs, claimed the 13th spot after a jump of seven positions. Additionally in the batters rankings, Janith Liyanage earned 13 places to get into the 29th position while Williams was in the 47th place with a minimum increase in his standings.
Aiden Markram, who played a pivotal role in South Africa’s big win over England in the first ODI, was in the 20th position after jumping three spots while captain Temba Bavuma, who failed to show any effort, moved down by six spots after being dismissed for just 6 runs. Meanwhile, in the bowlers rankings, Jofra Archer is back in the top-20 list at the 19th spot while South African pacer Lungi Ngidin also jumped five spots to be in joint 23rd spot along with West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph.
Sri Lanka’s Asitha Fernando and the hat-trick bowler Dilshan Madushanka both climbed six and eight positions, respectively, while Zimbabwe’s Richard Ngarava also moved up by a couple of spots to be in No. 20.