ICC Rankings: Mohammed Siraj becomes No.1 bowler in ODI; Shubman Gill jumps to sixth amongst batters

Siraj
–
whose
stocks
have
been
increasing
the
white-ball
cricket
in
the
last
12
months
–
has
displaced
New
Zealand
seamer
Trent
Boult
to
climb
to
the
top
spot.
He
has
729
rating
points,
two
points
ahead
of
Josh
Hazlewood.

Mohammed
Siraj
ODI
Bowling
Rankings

Siraj,
who
only
returned
to
India’s
ODI
setup
in
February
last
year
after
making
his
international
debut
three
years
ago,
is
slowly
emerging
as
a
go-to
bowler
for
the
captain
in
the
limited
overs.

Team
India
climb
to
the
top
of
ICC
ODI
Rankings
after
mauling
New
Zealand
3-0

Since
February,
Siraj
has
picked
up
37
wickets
from
20
matches
and
established
himself
as
one
of
India’s
most
consistent
pacers
and
the
accolades
have
started
to
pile
in
for
the
underrated
28-year-old.

Mohammed
Siraj
ODI
Bowling
Performance
in
2022

Siraj
featured
in
the
ICC
Men’s
ODI
Team
of
the
Year
on
Tuesday
(January
24)
and
on
Wednesday
the
right-arm
quick
went
past
Boult
and
Australia
seamer
Josh
Hazlewood
to
become
the
top-ranked
ODI
bowler
for
the
very
first
time.

Exclusive:
‘Mohammed
Siraj
and
Shubman
Gill
have
very
bright
futures,’
claims
Maninder
Singh

Not
only
has
Siraj’s
form
over
the
last
12
months
been
imperious,
but
his
efforts
in
the
ODI
series
at
home
earlier
this
month
against
Sri
Lanka
and
New
Zealand
has
shown
just
how
much
he
has
improved
in
recent
times.
He
was
the
leading
wicket-taker
in
the
ODI
series
against
Sri
Lanka
(9
wickets)
and
picked
up
a
total
of
five
wickets
in
the
first
two
ODIs.

Shubman
Gill:
From
Father’s
Motivation
to
Rahul
Dravid’s
Advice;
The
Things
to
Look
Forward
for
the
Youngster

In
the
opening
ODI
against
New
Zealand
–
which
was
a
run-fest
in
Hyderabad,
the
right-armer
picked
up
a
four-for.

Siraj
has
been
rewarded
for
his
work
ethic
and
dedication
after
India
bowling
coach
Paras
Mhambrey
challenged
him
to
work
on
certain
aspects
of
his
game
in
the
middle
of
last
year.
The
extra
training
which
he
has
put
into
his
game
has
started
paying
off.

Shubman
Gill
jumps
to
sixth
in
ODI
rankings
for
batters

While
Pakistan
skipper
Babar
Azam
continues
to
sit
at
the
top
of
the
rankings
in
ODIs
for
batters,
there
are
three
Indians
in
the
top
10.

In-form
opener
Shubman
Gill
–
who
slammed
his
career’s
fourth
ODI
century
on
Tuesday
–
has
jumped
a
whopping
20
places
to
sixth
overall.

ICC
Men’s
ODI
Team
Of
The
Year
2022:
Shreyas
Iyer,
Mohammed
Siraj
two
Indians
in
XI
led
by
Babar
Azam

The
23-year-old
right-handed
batter
is
the
eye-catcher
following
a
brilliant
double
hundred,
a
fifty
and
a
century
against
New
Zealand.

Virat
Kohli
and
Rohit
Sharma
ODI
Rankings

Batting
maestro
Virat
Kohli,
meanwhile,
has
slipped
to
seventh
position
while
captain
Rohit
Sharma
–
who
slammed
a
century
in
the
Indore
ODI
after
a
gap
of
3
years
–
jumped
two
places
to
ninth.

New
Zealand
opener
Devon
Conway
–
who
slammed
a
100-ball
138
in
the
third
ODI
–
improved
13
spots
to
37th
overall
on
the
list
for
batters.

The
series
between
Ireland
and
Zimbabwe
was
also
recently
completed
and
some
in-form
players
were
rewarded
on
the
latest
rankings
update.

Ireland’s
young
batter
Harry
Tector
jumps
12
places
to
13th
overall,
while
pacer
Josh
Little
improves
27
places
to
equal
33rd
on
the
bowlers’ list
to
cap
off
a
tremendous
12
months.