Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri congratulates Pakistani cricket team on achieving number one position

Liaquat Ali

Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri has congratulated the Pakistani cricket team on achieving the number one position in ICC ODI ranking.

“Congratulations – Pakistan regains No. 1 position in the ICC ODI rankings. Well done Team Pakistan,” he tweeted.

Pakistan achieved the number one position in the ICC ODI rankings for the first time since the introduction of ICC’s official team raking system in 2005 after a comfortable win in the fourth ODI against New Zealand in Karachi last week.

Pakistan were fifth on the ODI rankings before the five-match series started with a rating of 106 but jumped to the first position after winning four consecutive games against New Zealand who were in 2nd place before the series started in Rawalpindi last month.

The ICC official ODI ranking system was introduced in 2005 and since then, Pakistan’s previous best-ever was 3rd position.