Theekshana tops ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings

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Maheesh Theekshana

Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana has climbed to the top of the ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings replacing Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan.

While Sri Lanka won’t be featuring at the Champions Trophy, Theekshana earned the top spot following his exploits against the Aussies that included an excellent four-wicket haul in the opening match of that series in Colombo.

Meanwhile, Afghan spin wizard Rashid drops to second and will be keen to regain the No.1 spot as he trails his Sri Lankan counterpart by just 11 rating points, while a trio of spinners in India’s squad Kuldeep Yadav (up one place to fourth), South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj (re-enters the rankings in sixth) and New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner (up four rungs to seventh) are all inside the top 10 after making ground this week.

Afghanistan veteran Mohammad Nabi maintains a lead at the top of the rankings for ODI all-rounders, with Santner gaining one place inside the top 10 to move up to sixth overall.

Meanwhile in the ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings, Sri Lanka’s white ball skipper Charith Asalanka has entered the top 10. With scores of 127 and 78* which helped Sri Lanka to whitewash Australia 2-0, Asalanka went up eight spots to eighth.

Indian opener Shubman Gill has regained the no. 1 ranking in ODI cricket catapulting over Pakistan’s Babar Azam who drops to second place. Indian Captain Rohit Sharma remains in third spot followed by New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell who has moved two places to fifth.

ICC MEN’S ODI BATTING RANKINGS

1 Shubman Gill (India) 796 (rating)

2 Babar Azam (Pakistan) 773

3 Rohit Sharma (India) 761

4 Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) 756

5 Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) 740

6 Virat Kohli (India) 727

7 Harry Tector (Ireland) 717

8 Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka) 694

9 Shreyas Iyer (India) 679

10 Shai Hope (West Indies) 672

ICC MEN’S ODI BOWLING RANKINGS

1 Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka) 680

2 Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) 669

3 Bernard Scholtz (Namibia) 662

4 Kuldeep Yadav (India) 652

5 Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) 646

6 Keshav Maharaj (South Africa) 642

7 Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) 639

8 Matt Henry (New Zealand) 632

9 Gudekesh Motie (West Indies) 632

10 Mohamed Siraj (India) 624