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Recently ICC released the latest ODI ranking of batsmen. In which Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam is still at number-1. Now this thing did not go down well with the former Pakistani cricketer. After which the former cricketer raised a big question and said why is Babar Azam number-1 in the ranking? The former cricketer has also criticized the ICC regarding this.
Called ICC the enemy of Babar
Babar Azam's recent performance has not been anything special but this player still remains at the top of the ODI batsmen's rankings. Talking about this, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali said on his YouTube channel, “I think the ICC wants Babar not to perform well. Babar Azam will be happy to be the number one batsman in ODIs. Who gives these rankings? The ICC people are Babar Azam's enemies. If you ask Babar who is the current number one, he will choose Travis Head or Virat Kohli. “He will not even say that he is number one.”
3 Indian batsmen included in top-5
In the latest ICC ODI batsman rankings, Pakistan's Babar Azam remains at the top position with 824 rating points. Apart from this, ODI captain Rohit Sharma has also benefited in the rankings. Rohit has now reached the second position with 765 rating points.
Shubhman Gill is at third place with 763 rating points and Virat Kohli is at fourth place with 746 rating points. Rohit Sharma performed brilliantly in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In this series, Rohit scored the most runs by hitting 2 half-centuries. This has benefited him in the ICC rankings.