Celebration for Siraj: Indian pacer Siraj is crowned No.1 ODI bowler

Celebration for Siraj: India pacer Mohammed Siraj has capped an impressive 12 months by claiming the No. 1 spot in the MRF Tires ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings for bowlers from New Zealand seamer Trent Boult.

It is a remarkable rise for Siraj, who returned to India’s ODI squad in February last year after a gap of three years without playing a 50-over match at the international level.

Since then Siraj has collected 37 wickets in 20 matches to be one of India’s most consistent fast bowlers and accolades have started to pile up for the under 28-year-old.

On Tuesday, Siraj was named in the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year and on Wednesday the right-handed batsman had another reason to celebrate as he surpassed Boult and Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood to become the top-ranked ODI batsman for the first time. Became a bowler. ,

On top of the world 👑

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— ICC (@ICC) January 25, 2023

Not only has Siraj’s form been impressive over the last 12 months, but his efforts in the ODI series at home against Sri Lanka and New Zealand earlier this month have shown how much the right-handed batsman has improved in recent times.

India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey challenged Siraj to work on certain aspects of his game in the middle of last year and the extra training the dynamic pacer has put in has paid off with his recent performances.

Siraj was the leading wicket-taker for the three-match series against Sri Lanka and claimed four wickets in the opening match of the recently concluded series against New Zealand.

This means Siraj has risen to the top of the ODI bowlers rankings with 729 rating points, albeit narrowly, as his lead over Hazlewood at the top is just two rating points higher than the Australian.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was full of praise for Siraj when asked about the emerging star following the series whitewash over New Zealand.

“He has done really well, he understands what the team is expecting from him,” Rohit said.

“To come and take the new ball, swing the ball, get early wickets. In the middle overs too, he’s got so much skill.

“The more he plays, the better he gets.”

Fellow India pacer Mohammed Shami jumps 11 places to 32nd overall on the updated list for ODI bowlers, while there is plenty of movement at the top of the batter rankings following the completion of India’s home series against the Kiwis.

MRF Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	RATING	CAREER BEST RATING
1	Mohammed Siraj	IND	729	736 v New Zealand, 21/01/2023
2	Josh Hazlewood	AUS	727	733 v England, 26/01/2018
3	Trent Boult	NZ	708	775 v Australia, 11/09/2022
4	Mitchell Starc	AUS	665	783 v New Zealand, 29/03/2015
5	Rashid Khan	AFG	659	806 v Pakistan, 21/09/2018
6	Adam Zampa	AUS	655	655 v England, 22/11/2022
7	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	652	717 v Zimbabwe, 05/11/2009
8	Shaheen Afridi	PAK	641	688 v West Indies, 10/06/2022
9	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	638	695 v West Indies, 14/12/2018
10	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	AFG	637	712 v Ireland, 24/01/2021
11	Chris Woakes	ENG	632	711 v Sri Lanka, 04/07/2021
12	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	631	657 v Zimbabwe, 09/06/2022
13	Mehedi Hasan	BAN	631	725 v Sri Lanka, 25/05/2021
14	Kagiso Rabada	SA	629	724 v England, 29/05/2017
15	Matt Henry	NZ	624	691 v Bangladesh, 26/03/2021
16	Pat Cummins	AUS	615	729 v Pakistan, 12/06/2019
17	Andy McBrine	IRE	613	646 v West Indies, 16/01/2022
18	Alzarri Joseph	WI	609	623 v New Zealand, 17/08/2022
19	Mark Watt	SCO	594	594 v Nepal, 08/12/2022
20	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	594	765 v New Zealand, 26/01/2019
21	Lungi Ngidi	SA	577	621 v Australia, 04/03/2020
22	Akeal Hosein	WI	573	577 v New Zealand, 19/08/2022
23	Wanindu Hasaranga	SL	571	571 v India, 12/01/2023
24	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	569	841 v West Indies, 01/11/2018
25	David Willey	ENG	553	569 v South Africa, 24/07/2022
26	Keshav Maharaj	SA	553	567 v India, 06/10/2022
27	Mitchell Santner	NZ	552	663 v England, 25/02/2018
28	Mohammad Nawaz	PAK	549	549 v New Zealand, 13/01/2023
29	Saurabh Netravalkar	USA	537	545 v Papua New Guinea, 22/11/2022
30	Bernard Scholtz	NAM	535	535 v Nepal, 07/12/2022
31	Tabraiz Shamsi	SA	535	597 v Bangladesh, 20/03/2022
32	Mohammad Shami	IND	533	654 v Bangladesh, 19/03/2015
33	Joshua Little	IRE	532	533 v Zimbabwe, 21/01/2023
34	Bilal Khan	OMA	532	545 v United States, 12/06/2022
35	Shardul Thakur	IND	527	528 v Bangladesh, 10/12/2022
36	Mark Wood	ENG	526	615 v Afghanistan, 18/06/2019
37	Tim Southee	NZ	522	638 v England, 20/02/2015
38	Shadab Khan	PAK	520	607 v South Africa, 22/01/2019
39	Yuzvendra Chahal	IND	518	730 v New Zealand, 23/01/2019
40	Ahmed Raza	UAE	514	562 v Papua New Guinea, 15/03/2022
41	Akila Dananjaya	SL	514	651 v England, 23/10/2018
42	Lachlan Ferguson	NZ	510	668 v West Indies, 22/06/2019
43	Dushmantha Chameera	SL	506	552 v Australia, 16/06/2022
44	Adil Rashid	ENG	504	687 v Sri Lanka, 20/10/2018
45	Sandeep Lamichhane	NEP	498	540 v Namibia, 16/07/2022
46	Rohan Mustafa	UAE	483	496 v Namibia, 08/03/2022
47	Simi Singh	IRE	478	507 v Zimbabwe, 13/09/2021
48	Zeeshan Maqsood	OMA	478	478 v United States, 12/06/2022
49	Taskin Ahmed	BAN	476	528 v West Indies, 10/07/2022
50	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL	474	479 v India, 12/01/2023
51	Dwaine Pretorius	SA	471	539 v Australia, 06/07/2019
52	Safyaan Sharif	SCO	470	542 v England, 10/06/2018
53	Nosthush Kenjige	USA	469	476 v Papua New Guinea, 22/11/2022
54	Chad Soper	PNG	469	483 v United States, 13/09/2022
55	Jason Holder	WI	464	486 v Sri Lanka, 10/03/2021
56	Kaleemullah	OMA	462	476 v Papua New Guinea, 16/04/2022
57	Mark Adair	IRE	460	460 v Zimbabwe, 23/01/2023
58	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	460	657 v West Indies, 17/10/2014
59	Blessing Muzarabani	ZIM	456	515 v Afghanistan, 09/06/2022
60	Taijul Islam	BAN	455	469 v Zimbabwe, 10/08/2022
61	Sheldon Cottrell	WI	452	581 v Sri Lanka, 26/02/2020
62	Anrich Nortje	SA	450	459 v England, 22/07/2022
63	Haris Rauf	PAK	449	484 v Netherlands, 18/08/2022
64	Craig Young	IRE	448	470 v West Indies, 16/01/2022
65	Ish Sodhi	NZ	441	509 v Netherlands, 04/04/2022
66	Imad Wasim	PAK	439	570 v England, 19/05/2019
67	Andile Phehlukwayo	SA	438	613 v Pakistan, 30/01/2019
68	Hasan Ali	PAK	436	766 v New Zealand, 06/01/2018
69	Reece Topley	ENG	436	468 v South Africa, 22/07/2022
70	Maheesh Theekshana	SL	435	450 v Afghanistan, 27/11/2022
71	Hamza Tahir	SCO	434	484 v Nepal, 17/07/2022
72	Jhye Richardson	AUS	434	548 v Pakistan, 24/03/2019
73	Zahoor Khan	UAE	434	434 v Nepal, 18/11/2022
74	Fred Klaassen	NED	433	458 v New Zealand, 04/04/2022
75	Moeen Ali	ENG	432	629 v Australia, 24/06/2018
76	Colin de Grandhomme	NZ	432	523 v Netherlands, 04/04/2022
77	Richard Ngarava	ZIM	426	435 v Ireland, 21/01/2023
78	Assad Vala	PNG	426	426 v United States, 25/11/2022
79	Ravindra Jadeja	IND	422	738 v Zimbabwe, 01/08/2013
80	Hardik Pandya	IND	420	552 v South Africa, 16/02/2018
81	Sikandar Raza	ZIM	420	494 v UAE, 16/04/2019
82	J.J. Smit	NAM	418	418 v Nepal, 07/12/2022
83	Tendai Chatara	ZIM	417	562 v Ireland, 07/03/2015
84	Steven Taylor	USA	416	424 v Papua New Guinea, 25/11/2022
85	Ashton Agar	AUS	416	456 v Sri Lanka, 14/06/2022
86	Mohammad Mohammad Saifuddin	BAN	415	496 v West Indies, 25/01/2021
87	Ruben Trumpelmann	NAM	409	420 v Scotland, 05/12/2022
88	Christopher Sole	SCO	409	409 v Nepal, 08/12/2022
89	Michael Leask	SCO	409	432 v United States, 17/08/2022
90	M. Prasidh Krishna	IND	407	481 v West Indies, 11/02/2022
91	Nuwan Pradeep	SL	407	506 v England, 13/10/2018
92	Wayne Parnell	SA	405	550 v West Indies, 28/01/2015
93	Wahab Riaz	PAK	403	522 v England, 13/11/2015
94	Saqib Mahmood	ENG	402	454 v Pakistan, 13/07/2021
95	Fazalhaq Farooqi	AFG	400	421 v Sri Lanka, 25/11/2022
96	Faheem Ashraf	PAK	400	477 v South Africa, 02/04/2021
97	Khawar Ali	OMA	398	401 v Nepal, 09/06/2022
98	Sean Abbott	AUS	397	398 v New Zealand, 11/09/2022
99	Mitchell Marsh	AUS	396	511 v New Zealand, 04/12/2016
100	Jan Frylinck	NAM	395	442 v Papua New Guinea, 20/09/2022

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