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Shimron Hetmyer climbs a whopping 77 places in latest ICC rankings 

by July 31st, 2018

Rising batting star Shimron Hetmyer has climbed a whopping  77  places  in the ICC rankings  following  his  heavy scoring in the recent one-Day International series against Bangladesh.

The 21-year-old Guyanese   left-hander was the biggest mover in the latest release of the rankings, and now lies 59th in the rankings which is led by   Indian stroke-maker Virat Kohli.

Hetmyer  cracked  207  runs  in  the  three  match  one  day  international  series  at  an  average  of  69………….getting  his second one day international century 125   in his native  country last Wednesday, to help the ‘Windies to a narrow three-run series-levelling victory.

The former ICC under-19 world cup-winning captain scored 52 in the opening one day international which the ‘Windies lost by  48 runs.

Veteran Chris Gayle also moved  up   in the rankings, jumping  12 places to 66th,  while Shai Hope moved up five spots to 45, after scoring 148 runs at an average of 31, including a half-century in the final game

Hope is the highest-ranked West Indies batsman in the rankings, with the Marlon Samuels, who missed the series through injury, the next best at 52.

On the bowling charts, Ashley Nurse jumped into the top 50 after moving up 25 places to 38th while leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo broke into the top 100 at 92nd, after climbing 31 spots.

There are no West Indies player in the top 20, with Captain Jason holder the highest-ranked at 27th.

India’s Jasprit Bumrah tops the rankings in an unchanged top 10.

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