Pakistan’s opening batter, Imam-ul-Haq has entered the top 10 ODI batter rankings after his century in the first ODI against Australia. Imam scored a brilliant knock of 103 off 96 balls but was unable to take Pakistan over the line as they convincingly lost the first ODI by 88 runs.
Meanwhile, his fellow opening batter, Fakhar Zaman has slipped down two spots and is now ranked number 12 in the world after a disappointing outing against Australia.
Despite being unable to lead Pakistan to victory against Australia, captain Babar Azam has maintained his top spot in the rankings after scoring a half-century in the match. The gap between Babar and second-ranked Virat Kohli is an astonishing 61 points and Babar will be looking to widen the gap and help Pakistan come back in the series.
Elsewhere, Australian captain, Aaron Finch slipped down one spot to 7th after a disappointing innings of 23 in the first ODI. England’s Johnny Bairstow has moved ahead of him.
Here are the latest ICC ODI batters rankings:
| Rank | Player | Rating Points |
| 1 | Babar Azam | 872 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | 811 |
| 3 | Ross Taylor | 794 |
| 4 | Rohit Sharma | 791 |
| 5 | Quinton de Kock | 789 |
| 6 | Johnny Bairstow | 775 |
| 7 | Aaron Finch | 771 |
| 8 | Rassie van der Dussen | 769 |
| 9 | David Warner | 758 |
| 10 | Imam-ul-Haq | 746 |
