Desk Report,
Raja is now the real king of all-rounders
Sikandar Raja has topped the ODI all-rounder rankings for the first time. The Zimbabwean all-rounder achieved this feat by playing innings of 92 and 59 runs in the two-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in Harare.
Raja is now the real king of all-rounders
Raja’s rating points are 302, surpassing Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai (296) and Mohammad Nabi (292). Omarzai is now in second place, Nabi is in third. Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan Miraz (249) is in fourth place on this list. Raja was previously at the second highest position in December 2023. The 39-year-old cricketer made a big jump in the batsmen’s rankings by scoring 151 runs in the last two ODIs played against Sri Lanka. He is now 22nd, up 9 places, which is also his career best. Raja is in 38th place in the bowlers’ rankings. He has improved one place here too. He has taken one wicket in the last two matches. Sri Lanka’s Patum Nishanka was the best player in the Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka ODI series held in Harare. This batsman has moved up 7 places to 13th place after scoring 198 runs in the series. Shubman Gill is at the top of the ODI batsmen’s ranking. And South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj is at the top of the bowlers’ ranking. This left-arm spinner took 5 wickets against England yesterday. In T20Is, Afghanistan batsmen Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal played brilliant innings of 65 and 64 runs respectively in the tri-series match against Pakistan in Sharjah. Zadran has moved up 12 places to 20th place. Atal has reached 127th place from 396th place. He also scored a fifty in the previous match.
Opener Tanjid Hasan is the highest ranked Bangladesh batsman in the T20I rankings. He is currently 36th, up 8 places. Mostafizur Rahman is the highest ranked bowler for Bangladesh in T20Is. He is at number 12.
