Boult replaces Bumrah as new top-ranked bowler in ODI; Pant, Pandya make huge gains

Jul 20, 2022

Boult replaces Bumrah as new top-ranked bowler in ODI; Pant, Pandya make huge gains Image

Even though India defeated England 2-1 in the one-day international series, Jasprit Bumrah did not participate in the series finale in Manchester. According to the most recent ICC Men's Rankings, it made room for New Zealand left-arm quick Trent Boult to surpass him and become the current top-ranked bowler in ODIs. 

The two players who led India to an amazing five-wicket victory in the series finale in Manchester, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya, have also advanced significantly in the rankings. Pandya moved up from 50th to 42nd after his 55-ball 71, while Pant rose from 52nd to 52nd after his unbeaten 125 off 113 balls, his first century in ODIs.

With a total of 4/24, Pandya has moved up 25 positions to take over the 70th spot in the bowlers' rankings, while Yuzvendra Chahal has moved up four spots to take over the 16th spot with a total of 3/60. After scoring 134 off 117 balls in the first ODI against England on Tuesday, South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen rose to a career-high third place in the Men's ODI Player Rankings. 

Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan, continues to be ranked first among hitters, with South Africa's Quinton de Kock and the legendary Indian combination of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma falling one spot each as a result of van der Dussen's ascent in the rankings.

Aiden Markram, who together with van der Dussen was crucial to South Africa's 62-run victory, has risen 15 spots to 61st after scoring 77, while opener Janneman Malan has climbed one spot to joint-35th with a score of 57. With 24 runs, David Miller climbs three spots to 24th. 

Anrich Nortje, a fast bowler for the Proteas, is now ranked 61st after taking 4/53, moving him up 18 spots. After scoring 43 against South Africa and 41 in the final game of the series against India, England's opener Jason Roy has climbed one spot to take the 16th spot among batters. David Willey, a teammate, is now ranked 35th among bowlers after moving up two spots.

Other batters who advanced in the ODI rankings this week were Namibia's Gerhard Erasmus, West Indies' Nicholas Pooran, Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh (up two spots to joint-35th), Liton Das of Bangladesh (up two spots to 30th), and Calum MacLeod of Scotland (up three spots to 48th) (up 21 places to 86th). 

New Zealand's Matt Henry, a fast bowler, is now ranked seventh in the ODI bowlers rankings, up one position. Alzarri Joseph of the West Indies, a fast bowler, moved up three spots to 18th, Mitchell Santner of New Zealand moved up two spots to 23rd, Sandeep Lamichhane of Nepal moved up six spots to 33rd, and Safyaan Sharif of Scotland moved up four spots to 56th.

Glenn Phillips of New Zealand has moved up five spots to position 30 in the Men's T20I Player Rankings following his Player of the Match performance of 69 not out in their series opener against Ireland, while fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has moved up 25 spots to number 40 with a haul of 4-14. 

Sean Williams of Zimbabwe moved up eight spots to land in the 12th spot overall for T20I all-rounders, while Sikandar Raza, another Zimbabwean all-rounder, moved up five spots to land in the 19th spot after being named Player of the Tournament during the Qualifier B event that his team won to secure qualification for the Men's T20 World Cup.