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Lahore: Pakistan knows that it must avoid a 3-0 series defeat against Bangladesh to maintain its seventh place ranking in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings when the two sides face off in the first of three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), which starts in Mirpur on Friday.
Pakistan currently lies in seventh spot on 95 ratings points and has a chance to reduce England’s six point advantage by one point if it wins the series 3-0. A 2-1 victory would see Azhar Ali’s men remain on 95 points.
Bangladesh knows that it cannot move up the table irrespective of the result, but a 3-0 whitewash in its favour would see it move to 81 points. In that scenario, the West Indies would move level with Pakistan on 92 points, but the men from the Caribbean would hold a slender 0.13 point advantage when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
A 2-1 win for Mashrafe Mortaza’s Bangladesh would see the hosts move up three points to 79. Although Pakistan would retain its seventh place position following that series scoreline, it would drop two points to 93.
Meanwhile, Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh goes into the forthcoming series as the highest ranked batsman in 30th place in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings and is one of five batsmen on either side inside the top 50. Rahim has climbed the rankings steadily since making his debut in 2006 and lies one place, and two points shy, of Australia’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 winning captain Michael Clarke.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez (33rd) and Bangladesh trio Shakib Al Hasan (36th), Mahmudullah (45th) and Tamim Iqbal (48th) are the other prominent batsmen likely to feature in the series.
On the Reliance ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal will go into the series as the top-ranked bowler in 3rd place, 16 points behind South Africa’s Imran Tahir. Tenth placed Shakib Al Hasan will be looking to gain ground on Proteas fast bowler Morne Morkel, who is currently seven points ahead of him. Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez (16th) is the only other bowler from either side inside the top 20, while Mashrafe Mortaza (26th) and Junaid Khan (39th) are also likely to feature in the three-match series.
The ICC Player Rankings for ODI All-rounders sees Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan lead the way with a significant 16-point gap over Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, who is the top ranked all-rounder on either side heading into the series. Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez lies in fourth place on 368 points, 10 points adrift of Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews.
Upcoming fixtures (Bangladesh v Pakistan):
17 Apr – 1st ODI, Mirpur
19 Apr – 2nd ODI, Mirpur
22 Apr – 3rd ODI, Mirpur
Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 15 April, ahead of Bangladesh-Pakistan series):
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 122
2 India 116
3 South Africa 112
4 Sri Lanka 108
5 New Zealand 107
6 England 101
7 Pakistan 95
8 West Indies 92
9 Bangladesh 76
10 Zimbabwe 50
11 Ireland 44
12 Afghanistan 38
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 15 April, ahead of Bangladesh-Pakistan series):
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 AB de Villiers SA 902! 53.65 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
2 K. Sangakkara SL 860 41.98 861 v Sco at Hobart 2015
3 Hashim Amla SA 828 55.26 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
4 Virat Kohli Ind 822 51.47 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
5 T. Dilshan SL 793 39.65 802 v Sco at Hobart 2015
6 Shikhar Dhawan Ind 756 43.98 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
7 Kane Williamson NZ 733 44.76 789 v Aus at Auckland 2015
8 MS Dhoni Ind 731 52.46 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
9 Glenn Maxwell Aus 720 35.05 724 v Pak at Adelaide 2015
10 George Bailey Aus 697 42.02 867 v SA at Harare 2014
Selected Rankings
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
30 M. Rahim Ban 619 30.00 627 v Eng at Adelaide 2015
33 M. Hafeez Pak 607 31.10 665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
36 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 589 34.77 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012
45 Mahmudullah Ban 564 35.04 567 v NZ at Hamilton 2015
48 Tamim Iqbal Ban 557 29.67 637 v WI at Khulna 2012
54 Nasir Hossain Ban 551* 34.06 585 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
92 Fawad Alam Pak 430* 45.14 481 v SA at Dubai 2010
96 Haris Sohail Pak 418*! 32.40 418 v Aus at Adelaide 2015
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Mitchell Starc Aus 783! 18.33 4.70 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
2 Imran Tahir SA 734* 20.51 4.35 735 v SL at Sydney 2015
3 Saeed Ajmal Pak 718 22.18 4.13 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
4 Dale Steyn SA 717 25.57 4.81 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
5 Sunil Narine WI 709 26.49 4.10 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
6= M. Johnson Aus 693 25.26 4.83 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
Trent Boult NZ 693*! 25.00 4.57 693 v Aus at Melbourne 2015
8 James Anderson Eng 670 29.22 4.92 719 v SA at The Oval 2013
9 Morne Morkel SA 666 23.98 4.90 717 v SL at East London 2012
10 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 659 28.31 4.30 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
Selected Rankings
Rank Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
16 M. Hafeez Pak 607 35.01 4.06 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
26 M. Mortaza Ban 581 30.71 4.70 653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009
39 Junaid Khan Pak 534 25.90 5.14 655 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013
62 Rubel Hossain Ban 473 32.87 5.62 514 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
72 Wahab Riaz Pak 442 30.20 5.63 484 v WI at Barbados 2011
81 Mahmudullah Ban 422 43.51 5.10 480 v SL at Mirpur 2014
96 Arafat Sunny Ban 397* 20.43 4.25 424 v Zim at Mirpur 2014
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 T. Dilshan SL 404 415 v Sco at Hobart 2015
2 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 388 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3 Angelo Mathews SL 378 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
4 M. Hafeez Pak 368 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
5 James Faulkner Aus 361*/! 361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.
!indicates career-highest rating
