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Babar Azam Overtakes Virat Kohli as Top Ranked ODI Batsman

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Pakistan captain Babar Azam pipped his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli to become the undisputed number one in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings, revealed on Wednesday. Babar, who scored a hundred and a fifty in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, went past the Indian captain who ruling the ODI batting charts since October 2017. Kohli’s deputy, Rohit Sharma has maintained his third spot with 825 points ahead of New Zealand’s Ross Taylor. Also Read - IPL 2021: Virat Kohli Floated Idea of me Joining RCB During India's Tour of Australia - Glenn Maxwell

Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas – 1983-84, Javed Miandad – 1988-89, and Mohammad Yousuf – 2003 – as the number one ODI batsman. Left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman is another Pakistan batsman to move up the ODI batting charts, gaining five slots to reach a career-best seventh position after his knock of 101.

Among bowlers, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has held on to his fourth position behind top-ranked Trent Boult of New Zealand, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and another Kiwi pacer Matt Henry.