ICC Rankings: Pakistan was comfortably placed at number 2 with 262 rating points as they had defeated Afghanistan by 2 wickets. The boys in green then had to play two games against Sri Lanka, one in the Super 4s round and the other in the Asia Cup finals.
ICC ODI rankings: In May 2021, the Kiwis dethroned England from their top spot. The Kane Williamson-led New Zealand side are still in with a chance of equalling England's 119 points, but that will only happen if they manage to defeat the Aussies in the final ODI and avoid a clean sweep.
With 704 points Trent Boult has reclaimed his top spot and with 703 points pacer, Jasprit Bumrah is comfortably placed in the second spot. Apart from Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Mohammad Nabi made considerable gains in the recently issued ICC rankings.
The Pakistan batsman is equally good in all the three formats of the game and this is what puts him in a special place alongside Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith.
Smriti Mandhana (fourth), Jemimah Rodrigues (14th) and Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (18th) have retained their rankings.
The 31-year-old moves within just 10 rankings points of Labuschagne and could close the gap even further when the second Test between England and New Zealand commences in Nottingham on June 10.
India under new captain Rohit Sharma finished the 2021-22 season as the world's number one ranked T20 team after a string of impressive performances at home.
Babar Azam, the Pakistani skipper was voted as the ICC 'Men's Player of the Month' for March on Monday, while in women's cricket, Rachael Haynes, the Australian opener bagged the honour.
India skipper Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position in the ICC Women ODI batters rankings issued on Tuesday.
Raj, who slipped a couple of places last week, has 696 points after she was dismissed for 31 and 5 against New Zealand and West Indies respectively.
Australia skipper Meg Lanning climbed up two spots in the latest women's rankings for ODI batters. She is now just one and 15 rating points away from the top spot that's currently occupied by her teammate Alyssa Healy.
Deepti Sharma gained two spots to be at 18th while compatriot Richa Ghosh rose 15 places to occupy 54th position in the latest women's ODI batter rankings.
The triumph helped India overtake England at the top of the T20 team rankings, with Rohit Sharma's side now matching the top rating of 269.
The Indian pair of Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav has made strides up the table. Yadav scored 64 in the second ODI against the West Indies.
In the T20I rankings, India opener Shafali Verma is now third on the batting list.
Fakhar Zaman and Joe Root broke into the top 10 of the ICC Men's ODI Batting Rankings.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam continue to lead the ICC Men's ODI Player Rankings while South Africa batters Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen have made huge gains in the chart.
While Rohit has 781 rating points, Kohli is just inside the top-10 with 740 points. The batting list is being headed by Marnus Labuschangne of Australia with 924 points
Rahul moves to the 31st spot in the latest ICC rankings after his match-winning effort in India's win in the 1st Test against South Africa.
Agarwal's Player of the Match effort in the second Test in Mumbai, where he scored 150 and 62, has helped him gain 30 spots and reach 11th position in the latest update to the men's rankings.
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