In the ICC Men’s ODI Rankings, South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen has risen to a career-high third spot thanks to his outstanding century in the first ODI against England on Tuesday at Chester-le-Street. After scoring 134 runs off 117 balls against England, the 33-year-old has moved up three spots and earned Player of the Match honours. In T20Is, Van der Dussen has also performed well, finishing fourth in June of last year.
After waiting three years, Virat Kohli finally scored an international century, which has made him the talk of the town. At the Asia Cup, Kohli scored 276 runs in five games, helping him move up 14 points to the 15th slot in the Men’s T20I Batting rankings.
After scoring 43 against South Africa and 41 in the final game of the series against India, England’s Jason Roy has climbed one spot to take the 16th spot among hitters. David Willey, a teammate, is now ranked 35th among bowlers after moving up two spots.
The Indian players who helped India defeat England by five wickets in Manchester to win the series have also risen in the rankings. Hardik Pandya moved up from 50th to 42nd after his 55-ball 71, while Rishabh Pant rose 25 spots to 52nd thanks to his unbeaten 125 from 113 balls.
Pandya has moved up 25 positions to take over the 70th spot in the bowlers’ rankings with his collection of four 24, and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has moved up four spots to take over the 16th spot with three for 60.
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).
After being absent from the most recent game, Jasprit Bumrah cedes the top spot to Trent Boult of New Zealand, while Matt Henry has climbed one spot to eighth. Alazarri 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.
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