Pakistan overtake Australia to 4th in ICC ODI rankings; Arafat Minhas jumps 89 places

Pakistan have overtaken Australia to move up to fourth in the ICC men's ODI team rankings, with 103 rating points, after back-to-back wins in the home tri-series in Rawalpindi, The News reported on Wednesday 21 October. Geo Super and ARY News reported the same move.

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 37 runs and then England by 87 runs on Tuesday, when they recovered from 81 for 4 to 302 for 9 through Hasan Nawaz (79), Arafat Minhas (59), Faheem Ashraf (39) and Saad Baig (35) before Minhas took 6 for 40. They are one point behind South Africa, and play England again in Lahore on Sunday 25 October at 1:30pm PKT: schedule and table on our Pakistan tri-series page.

Updated Wednesday 21 October 2026, 7:15pm PKT: team rankings added. The player rankings report follows.

Player rankings

Pakistan's Arafat Minhas has climbed 89 places to 68th in the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings, with 108 rating points, after his 59 and 6 for 40 against England in Rawalpindi, according to the latest weekly ICC rankings update reported by ProPakistani on Wednesday. He also rose 33 places to 83rd among ODI bowlers, with 411 points.

Both jumps come from one match. In the tri-series game at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Minhas scored 59 off 58 balls and then took six wickets for 40 runs as Pakistan beat England by 87 runs; our match report has the full scorecard story.

Pakistan in the ODI bowling rankings

Abrar Ahmed is still Pakistan's highest-ranked ODI bowler, second in the world.

All-rounders and batters

Among all-rounders, Salman Ali Agha is Pakistan's best at 14th (down one, 186 points), followed by Shaheen Afridi, up two to 17th (170). Haris Rauf rose one place to 46th, while Saim Ayub dropped seven to 48th and Shadab Khan seven to 67th, now one place above Minhas.

In the batting list Babar Azam stays seventh with 684 points and Salman Agha moves up one to 12th (651). Mohammad Rizwan fell four places to 34th, Fakhar Zaman three to 44th and Saim Ayub eight to 54th.

What comes next

The rankings move every week, so the rest of the tri-series will decide whether Minhas keeps climbing. Fixtures, results and the points table are on our Pakistan tri-series page, and live scores on the cricket match centre.