ICC ODI Rankings 2023: Australia Overtakes Pakistan To Top ICC ODI Rankings. Australia has become the world’s number one ODI team after registering a 3-wicket win in the first ODI of the 5-match ODI series against South Africa on Thursday.
Now Both Australia And Pakistan Have 119 Points:-
Australia has overtaken Pakistan to take the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings. However, now both Australia and Pakistan have 119 points.
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India are at third place in the ODI rankings with 114 points. Although the official ODI rankings are yet to be updated on the ICC website, Australia will be at the top of its new list.
The Babar Azam-led Pakistani team had topped the ODI rankings with a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series against Afghanistan ahead of the Asia Cup.
Pakistan Will Again Become Number One After Defeating India:-
The Pakistani team will have a chance to become number one again by winning the Asia Cup Super-4 match against India on Sunday.
There is a threat of rain on this Super-4 match between India and Pakistan to be played in Colombo. Even if Australia beats South Africa in the second ODI, if Pakistan wins against India, they will become the number one team.
Top-10 Teams Of ICC ODI Rankings:-
- Australia: 119
- Pakistan: 119
- India: 114
- New Zealand: 104
- England: 101
- South Africa: 99
- Bangladesh: 94
- Sri Lanka: 90
- Afghanistan: 80
- West Indies: 68
Australia defeated South Africa and achieved number-one ODI ranking
After recently winning the T20 series against South Africa 3-0, Australia regained the top position in the ODI rankings by defeating South Africa by 3 wickets in the first ODI played on Thursday. In the first ODI, after losing the toss and playing first, South Africa was all out for 222 runs.
Captain Temba Bavuma, opening the innings for South Africa, played an unbeaten inning of 114 runs and became only the second South African batsman after Herschelle Gibbs to remain unbeaten throughout the entire ODI innings.
Australia won the match by 3 wickets with the help of an unbeaten innings
In response to this, at one time Australia had lost 7 wickets for 113 runs till the 17th over, but with the help of Marnus Labuschagne’s unbeaten inning of 80 runs when Cameron Green was injured, Australia won the match by 3 wickets. Won by.
Labuschagne made an unbeaten 112-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Ashton Agar (48) to lead Australia to victory.
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The second ODI match between Australia and South Africa will be played on Saturday (09 September) at 9 p.m. Indian time.
