SPORTS: Best ODI rating, Babar Azam surpasses Sachin Tendulkar

In the International Cricket Council's (ICC) best ODI rating points so far, national team captain Babar Azam has surpassed the great Ind...

In the International Cricket Council's (ICC) best ODI rating points so far, national team captain Babar Azam has surpassed the great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

 

The captain of the national team deprived Tendulkar as well as Michael Bevan of Australia of the honor. Photo: AFP

The national team captain excellent performance continues and he maintained his excellent form and scored 276 runs in the ODI series against Australia.

 

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Thanks to this excellent performance, the world number one batsman has further strengthened his position and his number of rating points has increased to 891.

With these rating points, Babar Azam has surpassed both former great batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Australian legend Michael Bevan.

Sachin Tendulkar had the highest number of rating points in his career at 887 while Beyonc 88 reached 885 points.

The highest rating points in the history of ODI cricket are held by the great West Indian batsman Vivian Richards who scored 935 points.

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Second on the list is former Pakistani batsman Zaheer Abbas, better known as Asian Bradman, who scored 931 points.

Pakistan Javed Miandad is also at the seventh position in this list who scored 910 points.

Development of Imam-ul-Haq

Thanks to his excellent performance in the ODI series against Australia, Pakistan's Imam-ul-Haq has risen several places to the third position.

Overall, thanks to 298 runs in the series, Imam-ul-Haq has risen seven places and is now ranked third in the international rankings.

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Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has also managed to make a place in the top 10 bowlers thanks to his superb bowling.

Shaheen Shah Afridi has moved up eight places and is now ranked seventh in the bowlers' rankings.