After Australia's defeat by South Africa, Pakistan regained the first position in the ICC ODI rankings.

Lahore (Urdu Point Newspaper Latest - Online. September 17, 2023) Pakistan has returned to the top position in the ODI ranking despite not winning the Asia Cup. After Australia's defeat by South Africa, Pakistan regained the first position in the ICC ODI rankings. Even after winning the Asia Cup, India is at the second position in the ODI ranking, Pakistan did not win the Asia Cup but came to the top position in the ranking.

On Sunday, India won the Asia Cup title for the eighth time after defeating defending champions Sri Lanka in a one-sided match in the final of the Asia Cup. On the other hand, South Africa won the series 2-3 by defeating Australia in the last ODI of the 5-match series. In the ICC ODI ranking, the Australian team has moved to the third position with 113 points, while South Africa is at the fourth position.

The rating points of Pakistan and India are 115, however, Pakistan got the first position due to its superiority in decimal points. It should be noted that India won the Asia Cup title for a record eighth time by defeating the defending champion Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup ODI in a one-sided match. In the Asia Cup final, India easily chased down Sri Lanka's target of just 51 runs in 6.1 overs and won the match by 10 wickets to become the Asian champions.

Shibman Gul and Ishan Kishan remained unbeaten by scoring 27 runs and 23 runs for India. It should be noted that India has won the title of Asia Cup the most 8 times. In the final played in Colombo, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against India, which turned out to be completely wrong. In the final, Sri Lanka's batting started with a delay due to rain, but as soon as the match started, the Sri Lankan batting line-up faltered. Sri Lanka's first six batsmen were bowled out for just 12 runs while the entire Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 50 runs in 15.2 overs. Indian bowler Muhammad Siraj took 6 wickets by giving 21 runs while doing devastating bowling, while Hardik Pandya dismissed 3 players and one wicket fell to Bumrah.