Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam: Indian batsman slips to No.8 in ICC ODI rankings, Pakistan captain retains No.1

Young Ireland cricketer Harry Tector broke into the top-10 of the latest ICC men’s batting rankings after scoring a career-best 140 in the second match of the 50-over series against Bangladesh at Chelmsford. The 23-year-old finished the series as the leading run-getter with 206 runs from three matches and is in seventh place, displacing India’s Virat Kohli and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, who are one place each in eighth and ninth respectively. have come down.

India and Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill has retained the No.5 spot in the rankings, which are led by Pakistan skipper Babar Azam. Tector is seventh in the rankings after a jump of 72 rating points, the best ever by an Ireland batsman.

The right-handed batsman’s new rating of 722 is also the highest ever by an Irish male batsman in ODI cricket.

Here are the men’s ODI player rankings…

1. Babar Azam – 886 points

2. Rassie van der Dussen – 777 points

3. Fakhar Zaman – 755 marks

4. Imam-ul-Haq – 745 marks

5. Shubman Gill – 738 points

6. David Warner – 726 points

7. Harry Tector – 722 points

8. Virat Kohli – 719 points

9. Quinton de Kock – 718 points

10. Rohit Sharma – 707 points

Apart from Kohli and de Kock, Tector is also ahead of India’s all-format captain Rohit Sharma (10th), Australia’s Steve Smith (11th) and Jos Buttler (15th). Former England captain Eoin Morgan had 712 points in 2019 but till then he was playing for England. The highest among Irish players was Paul Stirling, who reached 697 points in June 2021.

Tector will get a chance to further improve his ranking when Ireland take part in the World Cup qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe in June-July.

Virat Kohli Will Do Everything To Take RCB To IPL 2023 Playoffs: Tom Moody

Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody believes that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) find themselves in this situation due to the defeat they suffered at the halfway point of the competition. The team has been running hot and cold in their campaign during IPL 2023 which impressed them.

Speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Live, Tom Moody said, “RCB’s form had slowed down in the half phase, they started well but lost steam in the second phase. So they need to pull up their socks and complete the rest of the games.” There is a need to throttle them. They have a player like Virat Kohli, who will do everything possible to keep RCB in the race for the playoffs.

Former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan highlighted the lack of teamwork in RCB’s campaign this year and the team once again relying heavily on the KGFs (Kohli, Maxwell and Faf).

“RCB have to play as a team. Now is not the time that RCB should focus on just three players (Kohli, Maxwell and Faf). Now every player has to come forward and fulfill his responsibility.