LAHORE: Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam has moved up to the third position in the new International Cricket Council rankings.
It may be recalled that in the third ODI of the home series against Zimbabwe yesterday, Babar Azam had scored a magnificent century. He scored 125 off 125 balls, including 13 fours and a six.
Yesterday’s century was the 12th century of Babar Azam’s ODI career and he has surpassed South Africa’s Hashim Amla and India’s Virat Kohli in the list of batsmen who have scored so many centuries in the shortest innings.
In the world rankings, Pakistani bowlers Shaheen Afridi is ranked 16th, Shadab Khan 30th, Emad Wasim 40th, Usman Shinwari 44th, and Hassan Ali 49th. In the world bowlers’ rankings, New Zealand’s Trent Bolt is first and India’s Jasprit Bumrah is second.
It is believed that Zimbabwe had defeated Pakistan in the third ODI in the Super Over after an interesting contest. In the match played at Rawalpindi Stadium, Zimbabwe achieved the target of three runs given by Pakistan without any loss.
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In the third ODI between Pakistan and Zimbabwe yesterday, the visiting team won the toss and elected to bat first and Zimbabwe scored 278 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams remained unbeaten on 118 while Pakistani bowler Mohammad Hasnain bowled brilliantly and took 5 wickets. Pakistan has won the three-match ODI series 2-1.
