Babar Azam becomes ODI's No.1 Batsman

Babar Azam becomes ODI's No.1 Batsman

Babar Azam becomes ODI's No.1 Batsman, finishing India commander Virat Kohli's long rule at the highest rated spot. Babar's game dominating 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa assisted him with acquiring 13 rating focuses to arrive at vocation best 865 focuses.

Azam made an aggregate of 228 runs in Pakistan's well known arrangement win against South Africa, remembering a century for the principal match in Centurion. That assisted him with pushing forward of Kohli - who has been No. 1 since uprooting AB de Villiers in October 2017 - by a, yet he dropped to 852 after his score of 31 in the second ODI and stayed at No. 2 when of the last week after week rankings update. After his thump in the third ODI, he acquired eight more than Kohli, to turned out to be only the fourth Pakistan batsman to achieve the highest level after Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003).

"This is another achievement in my vocation, which will currently require significantly more difficult work and supreme consistency with the bat with the goal for me to clutch the positioning for an all-encompassing timeframe," Azam said.

"I feel advantaged and respected to have joined the organization of stalwarts like Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mohammad Yousuf, who will consistently be the sparkling stars of Pakistan cricket. I have likewise recently beaten the T20I rankings, however a definitive desire and objective is to lead the Test rankings, which are the genuine confirmation and prize to a batsman's type, notoriety and abilities. "

Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman additionally took a leap in the rankings, moving five situations up to accomplish a profession best seventh situation after his thumps of 193 and 101 in the second and third ODI separately. Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who got six wickets in the three matches, rose four spots to a vocation best eleventh spot.