File picture of Shubman Gill© AFP
Younger India opener Shubman Gill engraved his identify among the many greats of cricket as he turned the No 1 ODI batter within the newest ICC rankings. The 24-year-old batter dethroned Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, to realize this nice feat. With this, Gill turned solely the fourth participant from his nation to carry the No.1 ODI batter place, becoming a member of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli. After taking the highest spot on the checklist, the Indian opener took to Instagram and expressed his gratitude.
Gill shared a picture of himself on his Instagram story and wrote, “Numero Uno. Grateful.”
Other than Gill, his teammate Mohammed Siraj, has taken the No. 1 spot in ODI Rankings for bowlers.
India, who’re unbeaten within the World Cup 2023 after 8 video games, are dominant on the subject of ICC rankings. Whereas Gill and Siraj are the top-ranked gamers in ODIs, there are others ruling the charts in several codecs too.
Gill, the right-handed batter has scored 92 towards Sri Lanka and 23 towards South Africa, amassing 219 runs from six innings on the occasion to this point within the ongoing event.
Pakistan skipper has amassed 282 runs from eight knocks within the World Cup, falling six score factors behind Gill into second place as his greater than two-year reign because the world’s high ODI batter got here to an finish.
Siraj has had a wonderful yr with the ball in ODIs. Although he did not begin off on essentially the most promising notice within the World Cup, the final couple of video games have seen him ship his finest. This yr, he additionally bagged a 6-for towards Sri Lanka within the Asia Cup ultimate. Towards the Lankans, Siraj led the cost as India decimated the identical aspect as soon as once more.
Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami are the opposite Indian bowlers within the high 10 locations of the ODI rankings.
(With ANI Inputs)
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