{"id":186019,"date":"2021-04-14T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=186019"},"modified":"2021-04-14T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:49:44","slug":"babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam overtakes Kohli to become world\u2019s best ODI batsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad \u2013 April 14 (Online): Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam on Wednesday has overtaken India\u2019s  Virat Kohli and became number one batsman in the latest MRF Tyres International Cricket Council (ICC) men\u2019s one-day international rankings.<br \/>\nAccording to press released issued by ICC, the 26-year-old\u2019s player of the match effort of an 82-ball 94 in the last match of the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Super League series against South Africa in Centurion has helped him gain 13 rating points to reach 865 points and he now leads the Indian captain by eight points.<br \/>\nBy ending Kohli\u2019s 1,258 day-supremacy, Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003) as the number one ODI batsman. In Tests, Babar has attained a best of fifth position and is currently ranked sixth while in T20Is he is third but has been number one in the past.<br \/>\nLeft-handed opener Fakhar Zaman is another Pakistan batsman to move up the ODI batting charts, gaining five slots to reach a career-best seventh position after his knock of 101 while left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi (up four places to a career-best 11th place) and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (up 29 places to 96th) have progressed thanks to their three-wicket hauls in the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad \u2013 April 14 (Online): Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam on Wednesday has overtaken India\u2019s Virat Kohli and became number one batsman in the latest MRF Tyres International Cricket Council (ICC) men\u2019s one-day international rankings. 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In Tests, Babar has attained a best of fifth position and is currently ranked sixth while in T20Is he is third but has been number one in the past.Left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman is another Pakistan batsman to move up the ODI batting charts, gaining five slots to reach a career-best seventh position after his knock of 101 while left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi (up four places to a career-best 11th place) and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (up 29 places to 96th) have progressed thanks to their three-wicket hauls in the match.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-14T11:48:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-14T11:49:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Babar-Azam-overtakes-Kohli-to-become-worlds-best-ODI-batsman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Babar Azam overtakes Kohli to become world\u2019s best ODI batsman\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-14T11:48:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-14T11:49:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Babar-Azam-overtakes-Kohli-to-become-worlds-best-ODI-batsman.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/\",\"name\":\"Babar Azam overtakes Kohli to become world\u2019s best ODI batsman\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/babar-azam-overtakes-kohli-to-become-worlds-best-odi-batsman\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Babar-Azam-overtakes-Kohli-to-become-worlds-best-ODI-batsman.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-14T11:48:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-14T11:49:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam on Wednesday has overtaken India\u2019s Virat Kohli and became number one batsman in the latest MRF Tyres International Cricket Council (ICC) men\u2019s one-day international rankings.According to press released issued by ICC, the 26-year-old\u2019s player of the match effort of an 82-ball 94 in the last match of the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Super League series against South Africa in Centurion has helped him gain 13 rating points to reach 865 points and he now leads the Indian captain by eight points.By ending Kohli\u2019s 1,258 day-supremacy, Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003) as the number one ODI batsman. 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