Rabada, Tahir advance in MRF Tyres ICC ODI player rankings

• Markram, Klaasen, Masakadza and Chetara among others to move up in latest update
• England will have to win Sri Lanka series to ensure they retain top rank; India play West Indies with eye on top spot; Bangladesh host Zimbabwe

South Africa bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir have advanced within the top-10 of the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings after their side’s 3-0 home series triumph over Zimbabwe.

Fast bowler Rabada, who is also ranked second in Tests, has moved up three spots to take sixth position after grabbing five wickets in two matches, while formerly top-ranked leg-spinner Tahir’s player of the series effort of 10 wickets, which included a hat-trick in the second ODI, has seen him progress three places to seventh position.

South Africa fast bowlers Andile Phehlukwayo and Lungi Ngidi have also made significant gains in a series dominated by their team, who won the three matches by margins of by five wickets, 140 runs and four wickets.

Phehlukwayo has moved up nine slots to 35th position with five wickets in the series and Ngidi has gained 19 places to reach a career-best 60th position with four wickets in two matches. Aiden Markram (up 14 places to a career-best 115th) and Heinrich Klaasen (up 47 places to a career-high 118th) have moved up in the list for batsmen.

For Zimbabwe, Hamilton Masakadza (up three places to 64th) and Sean Williams (up eight places to 78th) are the main gainers among batsmen while Tendai Chetara (up six places to 45th) has progressed in the list for bowlers.

South Africa’s facile win did not impact the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings as both teams remained on their pre-series points tally – the home side in fourth position on 110 points and Zimbabwe in 11th position on 53 points.

Meanwhile, the top sides will continue to prepare for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales with five sides to feature in 13 50-over matches this month. To add further context to these matches, the number-one ranking will potentially be up for the taking depending on how Sri Lanka and England series pans out.

In the England v Sri Lanka series, which starts in Dambulla on 10 October, England will have to win the series to retain their number-one ranking. Their failure to win the series, will give India a sniff at the top spot when they will take on the West Indies in the five-ODI series from 21 October.

However, if both England and India win all their matches in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka and the West Indies, then they will gain a point each to finish on 128 and 123 points respectively, thus retaining a difference of five points.

Bangladesh will also have an opportunity to add another point to their tally when they will feature in a three-ODI series against Zimbabwe from 20 October. The only way Bangladesh can drop behind Sri Lanka in eighth position is if Zimbabwe and England win 3-0 and 5-0, respectively.

Series scenarios:

Sri Lanka v England

• England beat Sri Lanka 5-0 – England 128 points, Sri Lanka 76 points
• England beat Sri Lanka 4-1 – England 126, Sri Lanka 78
• England beat Sri Lanka 3-2 – England 124, Sri Lanka 80
• Sri Lanka win 3-2 – England 122, Sri Lanka 82
• Sri Lanka win 4-1 – England 120, Sri Lanka 84
• Sri Lanka win 5-0 – England 119, Sri Lanka 86

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe

• Bangladesh win 3-0 – Bangladesh 93, Zimbabwe 52
• Bangladesh win 2-1 – Bangladesh 90, Zimbabwe 54
• Zimbabwe win 2-1 – Bangladesh 87, Ziimbabwe 56
• Zimbabwe win 3-0 – Bangladesh 85, Zimbabwe 58

India v West Indies

• India win 5-0 – India 123, West Indies 68
• India win 4-1 – India 122, West Indies 71
• India win 3-2 – India 120, West Indies 73
• West Indies win 3-2 – India 118, West Indies 76
• West Indies win 4-1 – India 116, West Indies 79
• West Indies 5-0 – India 115, West Indies 82

Upcoming series:

Sri Lanka v England:

10 October – 1st ODI, Dambulla
13 October – 2nd ODI, Dambulla
17 October – 3rd ODI, Kandy
20 October – 4th ODI, Kandy
23 October – 5th ODI, Colombo

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe

20 October – 1st ODI, Dhaka
23 October – 2nd ODI, Chittagong
25 October – 3rd ODI, Chittagong

India v West Indies

21 October – 1st ODI, Guwahati
24 October – 2nd ODI, Visakhapatnam
27 October – 3rd ODI, Pune
29 October – 4th ODI, Mumbai
1 November – 5th ODI, Thiruvananthapuram

The ODI team rankings, unlike the Test rankings, are updated after each match. The predictor function is available here .

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as of 8 October, after the South Africa-Zimbabwe series):

*Nepal will qualify for a full ranking after playing one more ODI, the Netherlands will qualify for a full ranking after playing two more matches.

(Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 8 October, after the South Africa-Zimbabwe series):

BATSMEN (top 20)

BOWLERS (top 20) **** ****

ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)