Indian captain Rohit Sharma has made 122 runs in the two ODIs against Sri Lanka at a strike rate of 134 to jump to No.3 in the ICC rankings. He currently has 763 rating points, 61 points away from top-placed Babar Azam. Rohit’s opening partner Shubman Gill is second, with 782 rating points.
Rohit enters top three for first time in 29 months
Rohit, playing his first ODI series since the World Cup final last November, made 58 in the first ODI and followed it up with a score of 64 in Colombo. Yet to reach the No.1 spot in the format, Rohit entered the top three in the ICC charts for the first time since February 2022. He displaced Virat Kohli, who dropped down a spot from No.3.
Gill made only 51 runs from the first two games but continued to hold onto the second spot. He has been amongst the top two batters in the world since September 2023, and briefly occupied the No.1 place during the ODI World Cup.
The other beneficiaries in the batting rankings have been Axar Patel (up 35 places to 178) and Janith Liyanage, 76th after moving up 10 places. Axar made 77 runs in the two innings, including 44 in the second ODI that India lost. Liyanage, on the other hand, has a combined score of 32 from two ODIs. Axar has also entered the top 100 in the bowler rankings.
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After his 2-33 in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, Kuldeep Yadav jumped five places to No.4, and is only behind Keshav Maharaj, Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa in the bowler rankings. Mohammed Siraj is also ranked No.4. Dunith Wellalage and Jaffrey Vandersay, who picked 6-33 in the second game, also made significant improvements.
ICC men’s batting rankings
Babar Azam
Shubman Gill
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Harry Tector
Daryl Mitchell
David Warner
Dawid Malan
Pathum Nissanka
Rassie van der Dussen
ICC men’s bowling rankings
Keshav Maharaj
Josh Hazlewood
Adam Zampa
Kuldeep Yadav
Mohammed Siraj
Bernard Scholtz
Mohammad Nabi
Jasprit Bumrah
Shaheen Afridi
Trent Boult
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