Team India worst in ICC rankings, not a single Indian in special list?
The indian cricket team is currently the world's number-1 team in ODI and t20 formats, while Team india is second in the Test rankings. There is also a format among these, in which Team india is proving to be a failure in the ranking of individual players. We are talking about the ranking of all-rounder players in ODI cricket, in which there is not a single indian player in the top-10 list.
Talking about white ball cricket, india currently has world-class all-rounders like ravindra jadeja, Axar patel and hardik Pandya. ravindra jadeja is currently India's top all-rounder in ODI cricket, who is at the 13th position. Another unfortunate thing is that apart from Jadeja, there is no other indian player in the list of top-20 all-rounders. hardik pandya is at the 22nd position in this list. Axar patel, who has represented Team india in more than 50 ODIs, is nowhere to be seen in this list. He is not even present in the top-50. At the top of this list is Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi, who has announced his retirement from ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy 2025.
Why are indian players in bad shape?
One of the main reasons for the poor ranking of India's all-rounder players in the ODI format is that Team india has played only 3 ODIs in 2024. These three ODIs were played in the month of August, where the indian team had to data-face a 2-0 defeat against sri lanka in the series. If we look at the ranking of batsmen in ODI cricket, three indian batsmen are present in the top-10. rohit sharma (second), Shubman Gill (third) and virat kohli (fourth) are in the position. Three bowlers of the world's number-1 team in the ODI format, i.e. india, are also currently in the top-10. kuldeep yadav (third), jasprit bumrah (eighth) and mohammed siraj are at the tenth position.