
ICC released their weekly update to the men's ODI rankings today (May 14): here are the current top ten batters, bowlers and all-rounders of the format.
The only men's ODIs played over the last week were the three games in the Netherlands-Scotland-UAE tri-series, part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2.
UAE won their match against Scotland by 97 runs, while Netherlands won theirs by 19. Netherlands then also defeated the UAE by five wickets. Consequently, all movements in the ODI rankings are among players from these three teams.
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Roelof van der Merwe moves up 15 spots among bowlers
Roelof van der Merwe, the 40-year-old Dutch spinner, who has also represented South Africa, took 3-34 against Scotland in a close game, following it up with a tight spell of 0-45 from 10 overs against the UAE. These performances saw him move up from 94 to 79 in the ICC men's ODI bowling rankings.
On the other hand, Aryan Dutt, another Dutch spinner, lost 11 places moving down to joint 44th. Aayan Khan from the UAE moved up two spots to joint 46th while experienced Dutch seamer Paul van Meekeren went from 63 to 54 following spells of 3-39 and 1-47
Among batters, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards improved two places to 33, moving past Marnus Labuschagne and Imam-ul-Haq. Scotland's George Munsey, who scored a hundred against the Netherlands, moved up four spots to joint 42nd, displacing Glenn Maxwell, Gerhard Erasmus, Alex Carey and Devon Conway.
Scotland's Brandon McMullen, meanwhile, fell out of the top ten of the all-rounders' rankings, dropping three places to 11th after two relatively poor outings.
There is no movement in the top ten of the batting and bowling rankings with Shubman Gill maintaining his top spot in the former and Maheesh Theekshana in the latter. Azmatullah Omarzai, meanwhile, contiues to be the top-ranked ODI all-rounder.
Latest ICC men's ODI rankings
Batting
Rank | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Shubman Gill | India | 784 |
2 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 766 |
3 | Rohit Sharma | India | 756 |
4 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | 744 |
5 | Virat Kohli | India | 736 |
6 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 720 |
7 | Harry Tector | Ireland | 713 |
8 | Shreyas Iyer | India | 704 |
9 | Charith Asalanka | Sri Lanka | 694 |
10 | Ibrahim Zadran | Afghanistan | 676 |
Bowling
Rank | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka | 680 |
2 | Kuldeep Yadav | India | 650 |
3 | Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | 648 |
4 | Bernard Scholtz | Scotland | 644 |
5 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 640 |
6 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | 637 |
7 | Gudakesh Motie | West Indies | 632 |
8 | Matt Henry | New Zealand | 622 |
9 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | 616 |
10 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 614 |
All-rounders
Rank | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | 296 |
2 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 292 |
3 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 290 |
4 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Bangladesh | 248 |
5 | Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | 246 |
6 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | 238 |
= | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 238 |
8 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 222 |
9 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | 220 |
= | Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 220 |