The latest ICC ODI rankings are out, with Pakistan's opening batter Saim Ayub and Afghanistan’s all-rounder Azamatullah Omarzai making significant gains.
Ayub was instrumental in Pakistan’s historic 3-0 series whitewash in South Africa recently. He played a starring role in the three-match series with twin centuries to his name, continuing the rapid start to his ODI career. The Player of the Series performance catapulted him from 70th to a joint-23rd position in the ODI batters’ rankings.
In the same series, Heinrich Klaasen struck three fifties on the trot, helping him to make inroads in the top 10. He jumped from 13th to fifth with a current points tally of 743.
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He has entered the top 20 in the all-time list, headed by Sydney Barnes, who has 932 points.
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Among the bowlers, Omarzai’s six wickets in the series against Zimbabwe helped him climb 43 places to 58th. Both Shaheen Afridi and Keshav Maharaj dropped a place and are currently in third and fourth positions, respectively.
Omarzai also jumped five places to third in the all-rounders' rankings. Ayub, who also impressed with his spin bowling, gained 113 spots to be at joint-42nd among all-rounders in the ODI rankings.
ICC ODI rankings
Batters
| Rank | Player | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 795 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | India | 765 |
| 3 | Shubman Gill | India | 763 |
| 4 | V Kohli | India | 746 |
| 5 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | 743 |
| 6 | Harry Tector | Ireland | 737 |
| 7 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 706 |
| 8 | Shai Hope | West Indies | 672 |
| 9 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 672 |
| 10 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 671 |
Bowlers
| Rank | Player | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 669 |
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | India | 665 |
| 3 | Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 675 |
| 4 | Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | 654 |
| 5 | Bernard Scholtz | Namibia | 654 |
| 6 | Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka | 650 |
| 7 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | 645 |
| 8 | Mohammed Siraj | India | 643 |
| 9 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 635 |
| 10 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | 634 |
All-Rounders
| Rank | Player | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 300 |
| 2 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 290 |
| 3 | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | 268 |
| 4 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Bangladesh | 255 |
| 5 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 247 |
| 6 | Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 245 |
| 7 | Brandon McMullen | Scotland | 240 |
| 8 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 233 |
| 9 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | 225 |
| 10 | Zeeshan Maqsood | Oman | 204 |
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