ICC ODI rankings: Virat Kohli achieves highest ever rating by an Indian

Indian captain Virat Kohli has added another feather to his bulging cap by achieving the highest ranking points by an Indian batsman in the history of ODIs. He achieved the feat in the final ODI of the India-New Zealand series, reclaiming the top spot in the ODI batting rankings that he had lost to AB de Villiers just ten days back.

Sachin Tendulkar, who catapulted to a different league during the 1998 season, held the previous record for the best ranking by an Indian, having achieved 887 points around two decades back. Kohli, on the back of two hundreds in the series, became the second highest century maker in ODIs, and surpassed Tendulkar’s ‘98 record by reaching 889 points.

Rohit Sharma, who has been in a rich run of form ever since his comeback to the Indian team from injury, reached his career-best tally of 799, moving to the seventh spot in the latest rankings. Indian stumper MS Dhoni also moved one spot to reach 11th, although opener Shikhar Dhawan took a one slot drop to reach the 15th spot.

South African skipper Faf du Plessis was another major mover in the top-10, jumping two spots to reach the eight slot, while his New Zealand counterpart Kane Williamson dropped two spots to move to the tenth spot. Opener Martin Guptill suffered a one-place drop to 11th, while Tom Latham, having moved to the middle orderopener from his earlier role as an opener, jumped 15 spots to reach a career-best position of 23.

In the bowlers’ rankings, Hasan Ali continued to stay atop the list, while India’s Jasprit Bumrah leaped three places to reach the third spot, behind the Pakistani pacer and South Africa’s Imran Tahir. Josh Hazlewood, Kagiso Rabada and Mitchell Starc suffered a one-spot drop each to reach the fourth, fifth and sixth position respectively. Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner moved two places up to reach 14th, while India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar suffered a drop in one position to move to fifteen.

Here are the complete list

ICC Batting Top 10:

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating

1 (+1) Virat Kohli Ind 889! 55.74 889 v NZ at Kanpur 2017

2 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 872 54.06 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

3 ( - ) David Warner Aus 865 44.94 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

4 ( - ) Babar Azam Pak 846*! 58.60 846 v SL at Sharjah 2017

5 ( - ) Quinton de Kock SA 808 ! 45.85 808 v Ban at East London 2017

6 (-1) Joe Root Eng 802 50.00 808 v Win at Bristol 2017

7 ( - ) Rohit Sharma Ind 799 ! 44.33 799 v NZ at Kanpur 2017

8 (+2) Faf du Plessis SA 773 43.90 791 v SL at Cape Town 2017

9 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 766 51.25 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

10 (-2) Kane Williamson NZ 760 46.31 798 v SA at Centurion 2015

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Bowling Top-10

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Hasan Ali Pak 759*! 19.82 5.11 759 v SL at Sharjah, '17

2 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 743 23.72 4.64 786 v SL Jo'burg 2017

3 (+3) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 719*! 22.26 4.76 719 v NZ Kanpur 2017

4 (-1) Josh Hazlewood Aus 714 23.85 4.69 732 v Eng E'baston 2017

5 (-1) Kagiso Rabada SA 708 26.08 5.05 724 v Eng Lord's 2017

6 (-1) Mitchell Starc Aus 684 20.13 4.81 783 v NZ M'bourne 2015

7 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 671 26.21 5.04 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016

8 ( - ) Akshar Patel Ind 653* 31.31 4.43 663 v Aus Nagpur 2017

9 ( - ) Rashid Khan Afg 647*! 14.74 3.97 647 v Win St Lucia 2017

10= ( - ) Sunil Narine Win 646 26.46 4.12 791 v SL Jamaica 2013