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the season. Stokes was purchased by in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Player
the Royals for INR 12.5 crore in 2018 Rankings among the batters.
and signed a three-year contract with
them. Stokes opted out of the IPL in Virat and Rohit have not played
2022.
Dwayne Bravo appears to have any ODIs for India since July
bid his final farewell to the IPL (at 17 this year, when they played
least as a player). His name was not
on the long list since he was released against England. Shreyas Iyer
by the Super Kings prior to the auc- (up six places to 27th), Shubman
tion.
Bravo is a three-time IPL cham- Gill (up three places to 34th) and
pion and the tournament’s leading Sanju Samson (up 10 places to
wicket-taker (183). MS Dhoni’s team
hired him in 2010 and has kept faith 82nd) have moved up the list.
in him until 2022. However, at 39
years old and suffering ailments, it
is likely that the West Indian would New Zealand captain Kane
now take a backroom job, similar Williamson and wicketkeeper Tom
to his close friend Kieron Pollard at Latham have made notable prog-
Mumbai Indians. ress in the rankings after figuring in
Australia has the most players a match-winning 221-run partnership
in the auction among the 14 foreign in the first ODI of their ICC Men’s
countries, with 57. But two of their Cricket World Cup Super League se-
greatest players, Steven Smith and ries against India in Auckland.
Marnus Labuschagne, aren’t on the Williamson has moved into the
list. top 10 after his 98 not out while
Although, given that neither Shubman Gill has advanced in the ODI rankings (ANI Photo) Latham has galloped 10 places to
had any takers last year and are set reach 18th position after smashing
to be extensively committed in Ashes an unbeaten 145 off 104 deliveries,
preparation with the series beginning Hardik Pandya best option to batsman was confident of smashing their unbroken fourth wicket stand
on June 16, it’s not surprising that lead team India: Moeen Ali Indian bowlers and that’s what they helping overhaul a total of 306 with
they’ve chosen to forego the IPL. Pat did,” said the English player. 2.5 overs to spare.
Cummins, Australia’s Test and One- nglish all-rounder Moeen The all-rounder shared his views Australia’s Steve Smith (at a ca-
Day International skipper, has also Ali placed his bet on Hardik on the 10 over format of the T10 reer-best sixth place) and England’s
withdrawn from the tournament. EPandya and labelled him the league that he is a part of and men- Jonny Bairstow (seventh) have also
most suitable candidate to lead India tioned that the bowlers find it very made some advances.
INR 2 crore base price:
going forward amid speculations of difficult since the odds are stacked Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper-bat-
Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron captain Rohit Sharma forfeiting the heavily against them. ter Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who
Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Tom T20 captaincy after the team’s exit in Talking about the format of T10 notched up half-centuries in a win-
Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. league he said, “This format is very ning cause in their first ODI against
Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig The player was talking exclusively to unique and fast and it’s very difficult Sri Lanka and in the abandoned sec-
Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben ANI while he was leading Morrisville for bowlers to ball as batsman totally ond match, has progressed 21 places
Stokes, Adam Milne, Jimmy Nee- Samp Army in the T10 league, play- smash the bowlers.” to 48th in the latest weekly update.
sham, Kane Williamson, Rilee Ros- ing in the Abu Dhabi. Moeen heaped praises on Virat Other batters to improve their
souw, Rassie van der Dussen, Angelo “Make Hardik Pandya captain Kohli for coming out of a slump in rankings include players from teams
Mathews, Nicholas Pooran, Jason of team India. He is the best option form and termed it a sign of a great playing in the ICC Men’s Cricket
Holder team India have right now,” said player. World Cup League 2 - Namibia’s
Moeen. “Virat is back in form this is a Gerhard Erasmus (up eight places
INR 1.5 crore base price:
Moeen reflected on India’s good sign, every player goes through to 39th), Papua New Guinea’s As-
Sean Abott, Riley Meredith, semi-final defeat against his team and this stage once in lifetime but only sad Vala (up nine places to 43rd) and
Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, cited that the Asian giants missed the some could come out from it and Vi- Monank Patel of the USA (up five
Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will ploy of playing a leg-spinner in the rat did it,” stated the player. places to 44th).
Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, crucial game which proved fatal for He also talked about talisman- New Zealand pacers Lockie Fer-
Sherfane Rutherford them. ic batsman Suryakumar Yadav who guson (up five places to 32nd) and
“Not playing leg spinner that day has been in stellar form this year Tim Southee (up two places to 34th)
INR 1 crore base price:
cost team India a lot. In my opinion and said, “I hope Suryakumar Yadav have moved up the bowlers’ rankings
Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav, if a leg spinner would have played in plays and continues playing like this after finishing with three wickets each
Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, the team that day, the situation could till 2023 World Cup.” in the first ODI while Matt Henry is
Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Hen- have been different,” expressed the now in the top five.
riques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke all-rounder. Shreyas & Shubman move up Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu
Wood, Michael Bracewell, Mark Moen was in the squad that day in ODI rankings Hasaranga is a major gainer after
Chapman, Martin Guptill, Kyle Ja- and he felt that the ‘Men in Blue’ grabbing three wickets in the two
mieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, lacked a few runs, “Yes we were con- ndian batting stars Virat Kohli matches, moving up six places to
Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, fident that day as India was short of and Rohit Sharma have dropped 27th. With a knock of 66 to show in
Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Ros- runs and we expected that they could Ito number eighth and ninth re- the first game, he is also up 20 places
ton Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai put around 200 or plus on score spectively and in-form Shreyas Iyer to 102nd among batters and is now
Hope, Akeal Hossein, David Wiese. board but they posted 160 plus. Our and Shubman Gill made advances eighth in the list of all-rounders.

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