{"id":8272,"date":"2026-06-03T22:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=8272"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:35:24","slug":"icc-unveils-latest-odi-rankings-babar-azam-retains-6th-place-among-batters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/06\/03\/icc-unveils-latest-odi-rankings-babar-azam-retains-6th-place-among-batters","title":{"rendered":"ICC unveils latest ODI rankings, Babar Azam retains 6th place among batters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex h-svh w-screen flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative z-0 flex min-h-0 w-full flex-1\">\n<div class=\"relative flex min-h-0 w-full flex-1\">\n<div class=\"@container\/main relative flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col -translate-y-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)\/2)] pt-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)\/2)]\">\n<div class=\"@w-sm\/main:[scrollbar-gutter:var(--stage-scroll-gutter)] touch:[scrollbar-width:none] 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Mitchell<\/span><\/span> continues to lead the ODI batting rankings, while India\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Virat Kohli<\/span><\/span> retains second place. Afghanistan\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ibrahim Zadran<\/span><\/span> occupies third position, with India\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shubman Gill<\/span><\/span> ranked fifth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"734\">Pakistan\u2019s former skipper <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Babar Azam<\/span><\/span> has held onto sixth place in the batting charts. However, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Salman Ali Agha<\/span><\/span> slipped five spots and is now ranked 14th among ODI batters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"988\">Among bowlers, Afghanistan star <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rashid Khan<\/span><\/span> remains at the summit of the rankings. England pacer <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jofra Archer<\/span><\/span> is second, while South Africa\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Keshav Maharaj<\/span><\/span> occupies third place.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1247\">Pakistan spinner <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Abrar Ahmed<\/span><\/span> registered one of the biggest gains in the latest update, rising seven places to fourth position. Fast bowler <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shaheen Shah Afridi<\/span><\/span> also moved up the list, climbing four spots to 13th.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1520\">In the ODI all-rounders\u2019 standings, Afghanistan\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Azmatullah Omarzai<\/span><\/span> continues to lead the rankings. Zimbabwe veteran <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sikandar Raza<\/span><\/span> is second, followed by Afghanistan\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mohammad Nabi<\/span><\/span> in third place.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1691\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For Pakistan, Salman Ali Agha dropped one position to 11th in the all-rounders\u2019 rankings, while <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shadab Khan<\/span><\/span> retained his 75th-place standing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abu Dhabi : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has unveiled its updated ODI player rankings, bringing notable movement across the batting, bowling, and all-rounder categories. New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell continues to lead the ODI batting rankings, while India\u2019s Virat Kohli retains second place. Afghanistan\u2019s Ibrahim Zadran occupies third position, with India\u2019s Shubman Gill ranked &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[160,2294],"class_list":["post-8272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-headline","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8273,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272\/revisions\/8273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}