The game ends with Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Pakistani customs are also unique. Nobody knows when or what will happen. A similar situation is happening in cricket too. Shaheen Shah Afridi, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, became the number one bowler in the ICC ODI rankings last week. But after a week they had to leave there. The important thing is that Shaheen is not to blame for this. So who is it and what happened? Let us tell you.
In fact, last week, when the ICC released the rankings of bowlers in ODIs, Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi had reached the top position. Currently, the Pakistan cricket team is playing a three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. In this regard, the responsibility of captaincy fell on Mohammad Rizwan. But Shaheen didn’t even get a place in the team. That means they will not play any games in this series.
The Pakistani team recovered after losing the first match.
The first match of the Zimbabwe vs Pakistan series was badly lost by the Pakistani team. Although the result was taken by Duckberth Lewis, even if it had not rained, the Pakistani team would have lost the match. However, coming from behind in the second match, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets and achieved this feat for the fifth time in their cricket history.
Shaheen became the number one bowler in ICC ODI rankings
Actually, according to ICC ranking rules, if a team is playing a match, but the player of that team is not playing the match, then their ranking is reduced. Something similar also happened with Shaheen Shah Afridi. Shaheen Shah Afridi’s rating has reached 682. Which was more before. Before the Zimbabwe series, Shaheen’s rating was 696 but it dropped due to him missing two consecutive matches. Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has done nothing. But he and his team did not play any games, so his rating remained the same.
Rashid Khan’s number one has been captured
Now as per the latest update, Rashid Khan’s rating is 687 and he has become the number one bowler in the ICC ODI rankings. Whereas, due to Shaheen Shah Afridi not playing, his rating went up to 682 and he moved to the second position. There is still one more match left in the Pakistan vs Zimbabwe series, Shaheen will also not be able to play this match which means his rating will be even lower. Although they will fall to second position or lower positions, it is quite unlikely.
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