India’s 5-0 series victory over Sri Lanka saw it's skipper Virat Kohli rise a place to be ranked second in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, while Rohit Sharma's record 264 saw him jump 18 spots to 15
Dubai: India’s hard-hitting batsman Virat Kohli rose a place to be ranked second in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) rankings for batsmen following India’s 5-0 series victory over Sri Lanka.
Teammate Rohit Sharma has vaulted to 15th as the reigning World Cup champions continue their preparations for the 2015 World Cup.
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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
Kohli completed a series-highest score of 139 not out in the fifth ODI in Ranchi Sunday, having earlier scored 66, 53 and 49, while Rohit rose spectacularly by 18 places after his world-record breaking innings of 264 in Kolkata, in what was the 27-year-old’s second ODI career double-century.
Among the ODI bowlers, offie Ravichandran Ashwin climbed a place to 15th to be 21 points off a place in the top-10.
The biggest movers were fast-medium bowler Umesh Yadav, who claimed 10 wickets to climb eight places to the 40th, and slow left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who moved 11 places to a career high 71st after claiming 11 wickets in the series.
India will next be seen in ODI action in a tri-series involving England and hosts Australia in January, prior to the start of the World Cup.
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