This Pakistani batsman behind Shubman Gill – Gaikwad jumped 143 places

ICC Rankings: These days the Indian cricket team is playing T20 series against Ireland. While playing ODI cricket, now the team will take on Pakistan on 2 September during the Asia Cup 2023. If we talk about Test cricket, then the team has to play red ball cricket directly in December. Meanwhile, some changes have been seen in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday, 23 August. The most special in this has been the long jump of Ruturaj Gaikwad, who played a half-century in the second T20 against Ireland. At the same time, in the ODI rankings, Shubman Gill has left behind Pakistan's star batsman and made a place in the headlines.

Shubman Gill beat Pakistani player

However, Shubman Gill's performance was nothing special in the recently played ODI series against the West Indies. Before that, he also flopped against Australia in March. But he remains in the top 5 even after the series of centuries he scored against Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the beginning of the year, including a double century. On the other hand, in the latest ODI batsmen's rankings, Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman slipped two places and Gill got the direct benefit of this and he moved from 5th to 4th position. Whereas Fakhar has slipped to fifth. Another Pakistani player, Imam-ul-Haq, has moved from fourth to third position.

Ruturaj Gaikwad's long jump

In the Ireland series, Team India's opener and vice-captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has made a quantum jump in the latest T20 International rankings. He scored an unbeaten 19 off 16 balls in the first match of the current series and 58 off 43 balls in the second match. He has now jumped 143 places in the latest rankings to rank 87th among batsmen in T20 Internationals. Apart from this, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has also gained 17 places. Bishnoi, who took four wickets in two matches against Ireland in the ongoing series, has now moved up to 65th position. Also, returning to international cricket, Bumrah has gained 7 places to reach 84th position.

Eye on top players of ICC rankings

Suryakumar Yadav remains the number 1 batsman in T20 International. Apart from him, there is no Indian player in the top 10 batsmen of this format. The names of Indian players are also missing from the top 10 bowlers of this format. So in the top 10 T20 all-rounders, Hardik Pandya is on the second spot. Babar Azam is the top batsman in ODI cricket while Shubman Gill is the top Indian at number 4. Virat Kohli is at the 9th position in this list. In the top 10 ODI bowlers, Mohammad Siraj is at 5th and Kuldeep Yadav is at 10th place. Josh Hazlewood is currently the No. 1 ODI bowler. Apart from this, Kane Williamson is at the top of the list of top 10 batsmen in Test cricket, while Rohit Sharma is the only Indian at number 10. Ravichandran Ashwin is the number 1 Test bowler, while Ravindra Jadeja is third and Jasprit Bumrah is in 10th place. And Ravindra Jadeja is the number 1 all-rounder in Tests. Ravichandran Ashwin is second and Akshar Patel is fifth in the list of all-rounders.