What is the ODI ranking?

After each ODI match, the two teams are awarded points based on a mathematical formula. Each team's point total is divided by the total number of games played to obtain a rating, and all teams are ranked in a table in order of rating.

Men's ODI Team Rankings.

Is the 'Golden Generation' of 'number one' Pakistani cricketers in ODI the 'favorite' for the World Cup? In such a situation, it is right for fans to look forward to the Pakistan cricket team's World Cup, but is there room for further improvement in the team? Do you remember the last ODI World Cup, when the Pakistani team was declared the favorite months before the tournament?

Perhaps your answer is the 2003 World Cup, in which the Pakistani team was knocked out in the first round after losing to India.

Also in this World Cup, most of Pakistan's legendary cricketers were past their prime and on the verge of retirement, so it would not be wrong to say that 1999 was the last World Cup in which the 'Dream Team' from Pakistan in the true sense of the word. Defeated in the World Cup final against Australia.

After two decades, such an opportunity has arisen again: the World Cup is only a few months away and Pakistani fans believe that the team is one of the favorites to win the World Cup. In these two decades, this team has shown the heart of Pakistani fans and surprised them many times.

Whether it's the shock of being knocked out in the first round in 2007 or the agony of losing the semi-finals to India at Mohali in 2011. After losing to Australia in the quarter-finals in 2015, getting knocked out in the first round in 2019 is a streak of suffering difficult to bear for anyone.

However, this time, the fans who are looking forward to the Pakistani team are also right for the team to be at the top of the ICC ODI rankings.

Pakistan achieved this position after defeating Afghanistan 3-0 in the series last night, and this is the second time since the introduction of the ODI ranking system that Pakistan has topped this ranking. Earlier this year, after winning the series against New Zealand, Pakistan stayed on top for some time.

Batting-wise, Pakistan's top three namely Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, and Babar Azam are in the top five in ICC ODI batting rankings. The fastest to complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket is Babar Azam first, Imamul Haq third, and Fakhar Zaman fifth.

When it comes to fast bowling, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, and Naseem Shah Need no introduction and their substitute players like Mohammad Wasim Jr. and Faheem Ashraf are also in fine form. Shaheen Afridi is ranked 9th in the bowlers ranking.

Among the versatile players, Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz are fit for the Indian fields and the shooter Osama Mir has performed well in recent matches. Similarly, the excellent performance of Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha in the middle order has also been encouraging and according to domestic data, ODI cricket is Iftikhar Ahmed's favorite format.

In such a situation, it is right for fans to look forward to the Pakistan cricket team's World Cup, but is there room for further improvement in the team? We discussed this in detail with Iman Tufail Arbab, host of the Double Wicket Maiden podcast, and journalist Umar Farooq Kalson (currently head of Pakistan Cricket Board's media department) earlier this year.

"Pakistan is among the four favorite teams before the World Cup"

Speaking to the BBC, Iman Arbab, host of the Double Wicket Maiden podcast, said: "At the moment, this ranking tells us that the Pakistani team has been in a very good position over the past year and the questions that have been raised about this team for some time." "What was on people's minds before, like the middle order, suddenly seems to be resolved and, we're in a situation where we have one player for each role."

"Normally there was a big difference in talent and quality between our eleven and the substitutes, but that's not the case anymore," he said.

Journalist Umar Farooq Kalson says Pakistan's current 16-player squad is the best, their record is also remarkable, but the problem Pakistan often has is getting the right mix of 11 players.

He said I think we don't have a full preparation now from 11th place. There are more overs in ODI cricket, so there is a specialist player for each position, but we have some issues in our middle order that we need to sort out first. The World Cup.

However, Umar stated that "Pakistan is definitely among the four favorite teams to win the World Cup."