Shakib Al Hasan DUBAI, May 22 (Agencies): Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has ascended to the top of the ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders, ahead of the World Cup which begins on May 30 in England and Wales.
The 32-year-old was in fine form during the tri-nation series in Ireland, which Bangladesh won to claim their first title in a multi-nation tournament. In three matches of that series, Shakib scored 140 runs, including two unbeaten half-centuries, to go alongside two wickets.
He now has 359 points, 20 clear of Afghanistan's Rashid Khan, the previous holder of the top ranking, who has now slipped to the second spot. Rashid's Afghanistan team-mate Mohammad Nabi rounds out the top three, with 319 points.
In the ranking of ODI batsmen, Mushfiqur Rahim is the only Bangladeshi to find a place in the top 20. He is at number 20 with 695 rating points. Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar are placed at number 20 and 28.
In the bowlers' ranking, Mustafizur Rahman grabbed the best place among the Bangladeshis. He is at number 11 with 645 rating points. Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mehidy HasanMiraz are placed respectively at 21, 23 and 24.
Pakistan are the only other team to have two players in the top ten, with Imad Wasim at number 4 and Mohammad Hafeez claiming the seventh spot. They are separated by New Zealand's Mitchell Santner (number 5) and England's Chris Woakes, who is up four places to the sixth place.
Jason Holder, the West Indies skipper, is their top-ranked all-rounder, at number eight. England's Ben Stokes, who is expected to be their MVP at the World Cup, missed out on the top ten by one spot, finishing eight points behind Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews.
Meanwhile, with the men's Cricket World Cup 2019 scheduled to begin from May 30, the Indian team dominating International Cricket Council player rankings with the number one batsmen and bowler from the country, according to rankings released Wednesday.
India are ranked second in the ICC team ODI rankings with two batsmen and three bowlers among the top 10.
Skipper Virat Kohli retained his top spot in the batting rankings with 890 points followed by Rohit Sharma, who consolidated his second position with 839 points.
Ross Taylor (831) of New Zealand, West Indies' Shai Hope (808) and Quinton de Kock (803) of South Africa complete the top five in the ODI chart.
India's Jasprit Bumrah continues to lead the bowling rankings with 774 points.
New Zealand's Trent Boult (759), Afghanistan's Rashid Khan (726), South Africa's Imran Tahir (703) and his compatriot Kagiso Rabada (702) wrap the top five spots.
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