The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a beautiful picture of Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam rising to number one in the ODI rankings after 18 years.
Pictured are Muhammad Yousuf, who took the number one position in 2003, and Babar Azam, who recently ended the reign of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in the ICC ODI rankings.
🇵🇰 From Pakistan’s last No.1-ranked ODI batsman to the latest – the baton has been passed 🙌 pic.twitter.com/DYnefp6fir
— ICC (@ICC) April 15, 2021
Sharing the photo, the tweet said that the last number one and the recent number one were honoring each other.
It may be recalled that national cricket team captain Babar Azam has become the fourth Pakistani batsman to reach the number one position in the ICC.
Before Babar Azam, Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, and Muhammad Yusuf have won these awards.
18 years ago, Mohammad Yousuf scored 60 runs in the home series against South Africa and took the first position in the ICC ODI International Rankings.
