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Afghanistan create history, enter top 10 in ICC ODI rankings

Sharjah, 28 December  - The Afghanistan cricket team cruised into the top 10 in the International Cricket Council One-Day International (ODI) rankings for the first time after a thumping 49-run win in their first match against Zimbabwe here. The key

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Afghanistan create history enter top 10 in ICC ODI rankings
Afghanistan create history enter top 10 in ICC ODI rankings ()
Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
Dec 28, 2015 • 03:50 PM

Sharjah, 28 December  - The Afghanistan cricket team cruised into the top 10 in the International Cricket Council One-Day International (ODI) rankings for the first time after a thumping 49-run win in their first match against Zimbabwe here.

Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
December 28, 2015 • 03:50 PM

The key architects of the win were opener Noor Ali Zadran and left-arm spinner Amir Hamza, who made 63 and took four wickets, respectively, as Afghanistan successfully defended the lowest total - 131 - for an associate against a full member, espncricinfo reported on Sunday.

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Afghanistan will have an opportunity to remain at the tenth position should they win the five-match series against Zimbabwe. A series loss, however, means they will return to their original World no.12 ranking, behind Zimbabwe and Ireland.

The year 2015 has been a watershed year of sorts for Afghanistan, who made their maiden World Cup appearance in Australia in February-March, where they beat Scotland by one wicket.

They built on that success by registering their first bilateral series win over a Test nation when they beat Zimbabwe 3-2 in a five-match series in Bulawayo in October. Interestingly, they came back from one match down to win the series, which made them the first associate to topple a full member in a bilateral series.

ICC ODI Rankings

1    Australia    
2    India
3    South Africa    
4    New Zealand
5    Sri Lanka    
6    England    56    
7    Bangladesh    
8    Pakistan    
9    West Indies    
10  Afghanistan
11  Ireland
12  Zimbabwe

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