Afridi, who has taken nine wickets from the two games, has rocketed to the 11th position in the bowlers’ list, up by 12 places. Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has also jumped to the 37th spot, up by seven places.
Misbah, who struck an unbeaten 83 against Sri Lanka here on Saturday, has climed to 32nd (up by 12 places) while Younis Khan has jumped to 44th (up by four places). Both Misbah and Younis hit consecutive fifties in the wins against Kenya and Sri Lanka last week.
According to an ICC media release issued on Monday, there has been significant movement in the ICC ODI Player Rankings after 11 matches of the World Cup 2011 with no fewer than four players achieving career-best rankings.
In the latest rankings, which were released after the stunning tied Group B match between India and England in Bangalore, Australia’s Shane Watson, JP Duminy of South Africa, Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate and South Africa’s Dale Steyn have all achieved personal landmarks.
Watson, who scored 79 against Zimbabwe and 62 against New Zealand, has climbed four places to break into the top 10 for the first time in his career. Duminy’s contribution of 42 not out against the West Indies has lifted him two places to share 15th spot with captain Graeme Smith and West Indies’ Chris Gayle while Ten Doeschate’s 110-ball 119 against England has helped him vault 12 places to 20th position as Steyn has jumped four places to fourth position after his figures of 3-24 against the West Indies.
South Africa’s duo of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers maintain the top two positions in batting chart.
Daniel Vettori of New Zealand continues to lead the bowlers’ list with South Africa’s Morne Morkel in second place and Ray Price of Zimbabwe moving up one place to third position.
In the ODI Player Rankings for all-rounders, Ten Doeschate has moved up four places to a career-best fifth position as the top four remain unchanged with Shakib leading the way. Afridi retains the third spot on the list.
