Ireland Star Displaces Virat Kohli, Quinton De Kock After Entering Top 10 ODI Ranking

17.05.2023 - 18:57 sports.ndtv.com

Young Ireland cricketer Harry Tector has made it to the top-10 in the latest ICC men's ODI batting rankings following his career-best 140 in the second match of the 50-over series against Bangladesh in Chelmsford.

The 23-year-old ended the series as the leading run-getter with 206 runs from three games and is placed seventh, having displaced India's Virat Kohli and South Africa's Quinton de Kock, who have dropped one place each to eighth and ninth respectively.

Young India top-order batter Shubman Gill continues to hold the No. 5 position in the rankings, which is led by Pakistan's Babar Azam.

Tector seventh place on the rankings, following a jump of 72 rating points, is the best by an Ireland batter. The right-handed batter's new rating of 722 points is also the highest an Ireland male batter has ever achieved in ODI cricket.

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