Afghanistan is ICC ranked fourth
Afghanistan has risen to number four in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League table. At the end of 9 matches, their points are 60. However, Afghanistan is ranked 10th in the ICC ODI rankings.
Afghanistan had already lost the first two matches of the series. So Monday's match was a match for the Afghans to defend the rules and whitewash. However, Afghanistan lost to Bangladesh in the third one-day match of the rules and regulations. Rashid Khan has also collected valuable 10 points in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League. As a result, they have risen to number four in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League table. At the end of 9 matches, their points are 60. However, Afghanistan is ranked 10th in the ICC ODI rankings. Bangladesh, England, and India are now ahead of the Afghans in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League table. However, there are nine countries ahead of Afghans in the ICC ranking table.
Bangladesh is at number one in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League with 100 points from 15 matches. England is second with 95 points from 15 matches. India has three. At the end of 12 matches, their points are 69. 60 points in 9 matches of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is followed by Ireland and Sri Lanka. Australia is seven on this list. West Indies, Pakistan, and South Africa are ranked seventh, eighth, and ninth respectively. New Zealand is at number 11. Number ten on this list is Zimbabwe.
Despite losing the series against Bangladesh, the 20-year-old was the hero of the Afghans in the fight to maintain the standard. Afghanistan won the match by 7 wickets with the help of a century by wicketkeeper-batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaj. With that, Rahmanullah set a new precedent. The Afghan keeper-batsman set a new precedent by scoring a century in each of the first three ODI series of his career. No other cricketer has this record. Apart from scoring a century against Bangladesh on Monday, Rahmanullah Gurbaj has also scored a century against the Netherlands and Ireland in the previous two ODI series. He had scored 103 runs against the Netherlands in the previous series of Bangladesh. Rahmanullah scored 127 runs against Ireland in Abu Dhabi.