Phehlukwayo leaps 13 spots in ICC Rankings

Andile Phehlukwayo’s eight wickets in the ODI series against Pakistan have seen him gain 13 places to reach 19th position in the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings.

Quinton de Kock (up one place to eighth), Hashim Amla (up three places to 13th place) and Reeza Hendricks (up 36 places to 94) have moved up among batsmen, while Andile Phehlukwayo (up to 19th position) and Dwaine Pretorious (53rd place up to 44th slot) have risen in the bowler rankings.

New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult has surged in the rankings after finishing with 12 wickets in the series against India, which culminated in Wellington on Sunday with a 4-1 victory for the visiting side.

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Former India captain MS Dhoni has moved up three places to 17th position during a run that includes three consecutive half-centuries, and collecting a player of the series award against Australia. Kedar Jadhav (up eight places to 35th) is another one to advance for India in the list, led by their captain Virat Kohli.

Pakistan’s fighting effort in South Africa came about largely thanks to player of the series Imam-ul-Haq, and he has gained nine slots to reach a career-best 16th position with 271 runs at the top of the order. Shaheen Afridi, who came into prominence during last year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, is also among those to benefit. The tall left-arm fast bowler has moved up 38 slots to 74th position after taking six wickets in the series.

Other batsmen to move up in the latest rankings update include the Australia duo of Glenn Maxwell (up two places to 3oth) and Shaun Marsh (up from 60th to 43rd).

MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings (as of 4 February)

Batsmen (top 20)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Virat Kohli	Ind	887	59.50	911
2	( – )	Rohit Sharma	Ind	854	47.60	883
3	( – )	Ross Taylor	NZ	821	47.82	831
4	( – )	Joe Root	Eng	807	51.52	824
5	( – )	Babar Azam	Pak	801	51.29	846
6	( – )	Faf du Plessis	SA	791	45.73	802
7	( – )	Shai Hope	Win	780!	47.48	780
8	(+1)	Q. de Kock	SA	758	44.26	808
9	(+2)	Fakhar Zaman	Pak	755*!	53.40	755
10	(-2)	S. Dhawan	Ind	744	45.02	813
11	(-1)	K. Williamson	NZ	739	45.65	798
12	( – )	J. Bairstow	Eng	726	48.02	777
13	(+3)	Hashim Amla	SA	722	49.74	901
14=	( – )	M. Rahim	Ban	712!	34.94	712
	( – )	Tamim Iqbal	Ban	712	36.64	737
16	(+9)	Imam-ul-Haq	Pak	695*	60.55	706
17	(+3)	MS Dhoni	Ind	688	50.80	836
18	( – )	Jos Buttler	Eng	685	39.70	723
19	(-6)	Martin Guptill	NZ	683	42.30	789
20	(-1)	Eoin Morgan	Eng	675	38.57	690

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Eco	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Jasprit Bumrah	Ind	808	21.01	4.44	841
2	( – )	Rashid Khan	Afg	788	14.47	3.90	806
3	(+7)	Trent Boult	NZ	732	24.86	5.10	766
4	(-1)	Kuldeep Yadav	Ind	719	20.64	4.77	765
5	(+1)	Y. Chahal	Ind	709	23.83	4.80	730
6	(-1)	M. Rahman	Ban	695!	20.56	4.58	695
7	(-3)	Kagiso Rabada	SA	688	26.96	5.00	724
8	(-2)	Adil Rashid	Eng	683	30.42	5.50	687
9	(-1)	M. Ur Rahman	Afg	679*	19.06	3.84	691
10	(-1)	J. Hazlewood	Aus	665	25.15	4.73	733
11	( – )	Imran Tahir	SA	654	24.87	4.67	786
12	(+1)	Chris Woakes	Eng	642	30.64	5.51	673
13	(+1)	A. Dananjaya	SL	641*	26.93	5.15	651
14	(-2)	Hasan Ali	Pak	634	24.18	5.25	766
15	(+1)	M. Nabi	Afg	633	31.44	4.25	653
16	(-1)	Dale Steyn	SA	629	25.92	4.88	746
17	(+6)	B. Kumar	Ind	628	35.91	4.98	658
18	(-1)	Mitchell Starc	Aus	623	21.44	4.95	783
19	(+13)	A. Phehlukwayo	SA	613!	29.80	5.65	613
20	(-2)	Pat Cummins	Aus	607	29.73	5.31	629

All-rounders (top five)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Rashid Khan	Afg	353*/	359 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018
2	( – )	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	352	453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3	( – )	Mohammad Nabi	Afg	337	349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
4	( – )	Mohammad Hafeez	Pak	296	437 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
5	(+1)	M. Ali	Eng	289	306 v Aus at Old Trafford 2018