ICC Rankings / Threat to Babar Azam's chair - Shubman Gill close to becoming number 1

Team India's star opener Shubman Gill has come into the world's attention due to his performance in recent times. The special thing is that he plays all three formats for India i.e. T20, Test and ODI. He is also seen as the successor of Virat Kohli. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill has shaken the chair of Pakistan captain and number one batsman in ICC ODI rankings, Babar Azam. It is another matter that Shubman Gill has not

Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 27, 2023, 04:30 PM

ICC Rankings: Team India's star opener Shubman Gill has come into the world's attention due to his performance in recent times. The special thing is that he plays all three formats for India i.e. T20, Test and ODI. He is also seen as the successor of Virat Kohli. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill has shaken the chair of Pakistan captain and number one batsman in ICC ODI rankings, Babar Azam. It is another matter that Shubman Gill has not yet become the world's number one batsman, but he has come very close to it. It is expected that he will snatch this chair from Babar Azam in the World Cup 2023.

Shubman Gill missed becoming the number one batsman by just 10 rating points

In the new rankings released by ICC, Babar Azam remains the number one batsman in ODIs. Babar Azam's rating is 857. After this, Shubman Gill is at second place. Who was at number two earlier also, but his rating has improved a lot. His rating has now reached 847. That means Shubman Gill is now just 10 ratings away from Babar Azam, which can end any time. The big thing is that while on one hand the difference in rating between the first and second number batsman is only ten, on the other hand the distance between the second and third number batsman is quite huge. At number three is Rassie van der Dussen of South Africa, who has a rating of 743. Irish batsman Harry Tactor continues to hold his position at number four with a rating of 729. At number five is Imam Ul Haq of Pakistan, whose rating is 728.

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Virat Kohli at number nine in ICC ODI rankings, Rohit Sharma out of top 10

David Warner is at number six in the ICC ODI rankings, who has not been able to score even a single big score in the series being played against India. His rating is 720. South Africa's Quinton de Kock is at number seven with a rating of 714. South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen has retained his position at number eight with a rating of 698. Whereas former captain Virat Kohli has come at number nine. His rating has become 694. Fakhar Zaman is at number ten. His rating is 692. That is, if seen in this way, Team India captain Rohit Sharma is out of the top 10 list.