Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Wednesday claimed the highest spot within the newest ICC ODI batsmen rankings. He dethroned Virat Kohli, ending the Indian captain’s greater than three-year reign as the highest ranked One-Day batsman. Azam additionally grew to become solely the fourth batsman from his nation to realize the primary place within the newest replace launched on Wednesday.
After attaining the primary rank in ODI rankings, Azam mentioned his final dream stays to be the primary Check batsman on this planet.
“I really feel privileged and honoured to have joined the corporate of stalwarts like Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mohammad Yousuf, who will at all times be the shining stars of Pakistan cricket. That is one other milestone in my profession, which is able to now require much more exhausting work and absolute consistency with the bat to ensure that me to carry on to the rating for an prolonged time period, like Sir Vivian Richards from January 1984 to October 1988 and Virat Kohli for 1,258 days,” mentioned Azam in an official PCB launch.
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“I’ve additionally beforehand topped the T20I rankings, however the final ambition and purpose is to guide the Check rankings, that are the actual testomony and reward to a batsman’s calibre, fame and abilities. I perceive to attain this goal, I cannot solely need to carry out persistently, however extra importantly, in opposition to the highest sides,” he added.
The 26-year-old’s participant of the match effort of an 82-ball 94 within the final match of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup Tremendous League collection in opposition to South Africa in Centurion helped him achieve 13 ranking factors to succeed in 865 factors and he now leads the Indian captain by eight factors.
By ending Kohli’s 1,258 day-supremacy, Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003) because the primary ODI batsman. In Exams, Babar has attained the very best of the fifth place and is at present ranked sixth whereas in T20Is he’s third however has been primary previously.
(With Company Inputs)