--- title: "Babar Azam rises to sixth in ICC ODI batting rankings" description: "The Nation highlighted the ICC's release of the rankings and mentioned Daryl Mitchell's top position alongside Babar Azam's climb. Dunya News focused primarily on Azam's rise and added that Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf improved their bowling rankings, which was not mentioned in The Nation's excerpt." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/611-babar-azam-rises-to-sixth-in-icc-odi-batting-rankings site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Babar Azam rises to sixth in ICC ODI batting rankings sports · updated 23 Jul 2026, 11:54 AM PKT · 22–23 Jul 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > The Nation highlighted the ICC's release of the rankings and mentioned Daryl Mitchell's top position alongside Babar Azam's climb. Dunya News focused primarily on Azam's rise and added that Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf improved their bowling rankings, which was not mentioned in The Nation's excerpt. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dunya News** — [Babar Azam climbs to sixth in latest ICC ODI batting rankings](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Sports/964007-babar-azam-climbs-to-sixth-in-latest-icc-odi-batting-rankings) · 23 Jul 2026, 11:54 AM PKT > Babar Azam moved up to sixth in the latest ICC ODI batting rankings, while Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf also improved their positions among ODI bowlers - **The Nation** — [Babar Azam moves up to sixth in latest ICC ODI batting rankings](https://www.nation.com.pk/22-Jul-2026/babar-azam-moves-sixth-latest-icc-odi-batting-rankings) · 22 Jul 2026, 8:25 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released its latest ODI player rankings, with New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell maintaining his position as the world's top-ranked batter, while Pakistan's Babar Azam has climbed to sixth place. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Babar Azam returns to ICC Test batting top 10 after nearly two years](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2922-babar-azam-returns-to-top-10-in-latest-icc-test-rankings) · 13 Aug 2026 · 9 outlets · 2 developments · 81% related - [Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, and Shan Masood climb in ICC Test rankings](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8801-babar-saud-climb-icc-test-rankings-after-england-tour) · 16 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 76% related - [Pakistan Cricket Players Update ICC Test Rankings](https://harzaviya.com/stories/911-babar-azam-shan-masood-and-mohammad-abbas-rise-in-icc-test) · 30 Jul 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 developments · 74% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 22–23 Jul 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.