By Admin 
The ICC released its latest ranking on Wednesday, in which there was a major change in the ODI all -rounder ranking. Afghanistan player Azmatullah Umarzai has moved from first place to second. He has been replaced by Sikander Raza of Zimbabwe, who has become the world’s new number-1 all-rounder in ODI with 302 ratings.
39 -year -old Sikander Raza batted brilliantly in 2 ODIs against Sri Lanka last week. He played a brilliant innings of 92 runs in the match played on August 29. Despite this, Zimbabwe could not win, but the team had reached very close to victory. Chasing 299, Zimbabwe was just 8 runs away from the target. After this, Raza scored an unbeaten 59 in the match held on 31 August, in which Sri Lanka did not win easily.
Azmatullah Umarzai’s king
Alexander Raza ODI was first third in the all -rounder rankings, but these two innings have taken him to the top. He snatched the crown of Afghanistan’s all -rounder player Azmatullah Umarzai, who has now slipped second.
Top-5 batsman in ICC ODI all-rounder rankings
- Alexander Raza (Zimbabwe) – 302 rating
- Azmatullah Umarzai (Afghanistan) – 296 ratings
- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) – 292 ratings
- Mehdi Hasan Miraj (Bangladesh) – 249 ratings
- Michael Bracewell (New Zealand) – 246 ratings
India’s reign in Test and T20 continues
In the Test format, the world’s number-1 all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the only change in the top-10 of this list. While Hardik Pandya is the world’s number T20 all -rounder. They have 252 rating points. Although Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan has benefited from one point, he has now reached second in the T20 all -rounder rankings and Dipendra Singh of Nepal has slipped to third place.
World’s number-1 batsman in all three formats
England veteran batsman Joe Root is at number one in the ICC Test rankings with 908 ratings. The number-1 batsman in the ODI rankings is Shubman Gill of India, who has 784 ratings. The number-1 batsman in the T20 batting rankings is Abhishek Sharma.