ICC Rankings: Afghan star Omarzai at primary amongst ODI all-rounders, Virat rises to 4th in batters’ record
The emergence of world-class expertise Azmatullah Omarzai has been quick and livid. The Afghanistan all-rounder, who will flip simply 25 later this month, is now on the high. Following a blistering ICC Champions Trophy 2025 marketing campaign, which included a maiden five-wicket haul towards England and a fifty towards Australia, Omarzai has turn out to be the world’s top-ranked all-rounder.
Within the CT 2025, Omarzai scored 126 runs in three innings at a median of 42.00, with an attacking 41 and five-wicket haul towards England and a resilient 67 towards Australia within the rain-hit last league stage match being the standouts. He scored his runs at a strike charge of over 104. He additionally took seven wickets in three matches at a median of 20.00, with greatest figures of 5/58.
He additionally dethroned teammate Mohammad Nabi within the course of, who drops to second on the record. The proper-armer rose two spots and claimed a career-high ranking factors whole of 296.
India’s Axar Patel was the opposite huge all-rounder rise, transferring up 17 spots to thirteenth and registering a career-high 194 scores factors.
Omarzai was additionally one of many key climbers within the newest ODI batter rankings, off the again of his 126 whole runs within the Champions Trophy. He moved up 12 spots to twenty fourth (598 ranking factors).Afghanistan’s Champions Trophy marketing campaign allowed a lot of their stars to blossom, as Ibrahim Zadran additionally made a daring climb up the batting rankings. The 23-year-old smashed 177 runs towards England in Lahore, transferring up 13 spots into tenth (676 ranking factors).Australia’s Steve Smith additionally collected a great dose of ranking factors, climbing six spots to sixteenth after his batting contributions on the Champions Trophy, which included a half-century towards India.
One other high-profile veteran, Kiwi Kane Williamson, additionally made a transfer, climbing eight spots to twenty ninth, following a gutsy 81 towards India at Dubai.
India opener Shubman Gill stays within the quantity 4 rating for ODI batters, with teammate Virat Kohli transferring as much as fourth following his Participant of the Match heroics towards Australia within the Champions Trophy semi-final in Dubai.
Within the ongoing Champions Trophy, Virat is the third-highest run-getter, with 217 runs in 4 innings at a median of 72.33, with a century and a fifty.
New Zealander Matt Henry has been rewarded for his excellent event, rising three spots and onto the rostrum of the bowling rankings.
Henry is now in third (649 ranking factors), behind Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana (first) and South Africa tweaker Keshav Maharaj (second).
The resurgence of Indian seamer Mohammed Shami on the Champions Trophy sees him transfer up three spots to eleventh (609 ranking factors), whereas South Africa’s Marco Jansen (up 9 spots to 18th) and England’s Jofra Archer (up 13 spots to equal nineteenth).
