Saturday 15 / March / 2025
MUSCAT: Oman’s captain Zeeshan Maqsood, who rose to World No.3 in ICC Men’s ODI all-rounders ranking earlier this year, continues to impress with his performances.
According to the latest ICC rankings issued on Wednesday, the Oman all-rounder was ranked sixth in the world with ODI rating of 235 points.
Earlier on June 18, Maqsood rose to his career-best ranking of world No.3 with rating points of 262.
The 36-year-old left-hand batter and left-arm off-spinner also played a key role in Oman’s opening match victory against Malaysia in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 Asia Qualifier Final in Nepal.
Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan maintains his lead at the top of the ODI all-rounders rankings with 316 points while Afghanistan’s Mohammed Nabi is second with 297. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan are ranked third and fourth while Papua New Guinea’s Assad Vala is fifth.
South Africa left-armer Marco Jansen is one of the big movers, up two spots to ninth and New Zealand youngster Rachin Ravindra climbing 14 spots to 17th.
Pakistan's Afridi climbs to top
In-form pacer Shaheen Afridi can now lay claim to be the best ODI bowler in the world after the Pakistan spearhead capped off an impressive start to the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup by rising to the No.1 ranking on the latest ODI Bowling Rankings.
The 23-year-old Afridi has been in sensational touch for Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup and is currently the joint leading wicket-taker for the tournament alongside Australia spinner Adam Zampa, with the duo having taken 16 scalps apiece.
Australia's Josh Hazlewood (second), India's Mohammed Siraj (third) and South Africa's Keshav Maharaj (fourth) all lose one place courtesy of Afridi's nine-spot jump, with spin duo Kuldeep Yadav (seventh) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (eighth) both gaining two places inside the top 10.
It is the first time that Afridi has held the No.1 ranking in any format and means Pakistan players simultaneously cling on to the top spot in two ODI categories as skipper Babar Azam maintains his narrow lead at the head of the corresponding batting list.
But Babar's lead at the top of the ODI batter rankings is down to just two rating points, though his closest challenger in India's Shubman Gill has not yet been able to capitalise with just 104 runs from four knocks.
The challengers continue to close in on the top pair, with experienced Australia opener David Warner rising one place to fourth on the back of his 413 runs at the World Cup while India skipper Rohit Sharma improves three spots to fifth following his 398 runs for the tournament.
