Afghanistan Cricket Team ICC ODI Rankings: A very proud and inspiring news has come out from the cricket world for the Afghanistan Cricket Team. The Afghanistan cricket team has made a remarkable leap in the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings, surpassing even the legendary Sri Lanka to reach the sixth position in the global rankings. This is the highest ever and historic ranking in the history of Afghanistan cricket. The Indian cricket team remains at the top of this global list with 4,122 points and 115 rating, while the New Zealand team is second with 3,809 points and 109 rating.
Afghanistan cricket team played their first ever ODI match in the year 2009. In their short but highly impressive journey of 17 years, the Afghan players have shocked everyone in the cricketing world and performed well beyond expectations. His remarkable progress is not only limited to the One Day (ODI) format, but he has also dabbled in T20 cricket. During the last 2023 ODI World Cup, Afghanistan created a major upset by defeating strong teams like Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Also in the year 2024, the team reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time, which is a landmark for them.
After England, West Indies and Bangladesh, now Sri Lanka has been knocked out
According to International Cricket Council (ICC) data, the Afghanistan cricket team has performed brilliantly out of the total 191 ODI matches played so far, winning 96 matches with an impressive win-loss ratio of 1.09. Afghanistan had already overtaken major Test-playing teams such as England, West Indies and Bangladesh, and now overtake Sri Lanka to take the sixth spot. They have been dominant in the recent series as well where they scored a resounding 4-0 win over Ireland and went unbeaten in the tri-series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
India ranked first, Afghanistan ranked sixth
According to the latest ICC ODI Team Ranking list, the Indian team is at the first position, while New Zealand is at the second position. Apart from this, South Africa is third with 104 rating and 3,547 points, Pakistan is fourth and Australia is fifth. Pakistan has 104 rating points while Australia has 102 points. Afghanistan has moved up to the sixth position in the list with a rating of 94 and 2,926 points, while Sri Lanka has slipped to the seventh position with a rating of 94. Teams like England, Bangladesh and West Indies come next in this list.