On Wednesday, Rohit Sharma moved up one level to second place in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen after a decent show during the recently concluded ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Despite India losing the series 0-2, Rohit scored 157 runs at an average of 52.33 with two half-centuries in the three-match series that included a tie in the opening game.
Shubman Gill has fallen to third position, while Virat Kohli is static at No.4.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam maintains his position on top with 824 rating points whereas Rohit follows him with 765 points.
Among Indians, Shreyas Iyer is number 16 and KL Rahul has slipped to number 21.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav is still India’s best ranked bowler as he sits fourth behind South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa.
Jasprit Bumrah remains at eight while Mohammed Siraj dropped by five places now tying at ninth position with New Zealand’s Trent Boult.
Senior pacer Mohammed Shami, who is recovering from ankle surgery currently being done at Bengaluru’s National Cricket Academy (NCA), retains his spot in the twelfth place.
Washington Sundar jumped ten places to be at number seventy three after finishing as India’s leading wicket-taker against Sri Lanka with five wickets in three matches .
Ravindra Jadeja leads all Indian players on sixteenth place on all-rounders table while Hardik Pandya suffered four positions drop going down to twenty sixth spot.
India team continue to lead ODI ranking s wit h one hundred and eighteen rating s point followed by Australia which lies second on hundred and sixteen points, South Africa has hundred and twelve points.
