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Pakistan regained the number one spot in the ICC ODI rankings after defeating Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series. This is a big achievement for the team ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup. In April this year, led by Babar Azam, Pakistan were crowned the No. 1 ODI team for the first time in history after a 4-0 lead over New Zealand, though Pakistan slipped back to No. 2 after the last defeat. After three months now, Pakistan has once again bagged the tag of No.1 ODI team. This success of Pakistan has hurt Australia. On the other hand, India remains in the top-3.
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After defeating Afghanistan by 59 runs in the third ODI, Pakistan moved up to 119 in the latest ICC rankings to become the No. 1 ranked team in the world. At the same time, Australia’s name is now rated 118 and is in second place. India remains in the top-3 with 113 rating. Afghanistan slipped to 9th place with a 0-3 clean sweep in the series.
Talking about the match, Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first. With the help of Pakistani captain and Mohammad Rizawan’s half-century, the Pakistan team could score 268 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
Chasing this score, the Afghanistan team was bowled out for 209 runs in 48.4 overs. After the top order failure, Mujeeb ur Rahman finally played a storming innings of 67 runs, but he could not lead his team to victory. Meanwhile, Mujib also scored the fastest half-century in ODI cricket for Afghanistan in 26 balls.