Dubai: India’s star batsman Virat Kohli, who is in excellent form, has once again reached the first position in the latest ICC men’s ODI rankings. In the latest rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) here today, Kohli has regained the number one position in the ICC men’s rankings after India’s four-wicket win in the first ODI against New Zealand. In this match, Kohli’s 93 runs in 91 balls helped the host team chase the target and he came close to India’s great Sachin Tendulkar and secured the second position in the all-time men’s international run-scoring table.
Kohli has been in great form since the 50-over series in Australia, scoring 74 not out, 135, 102, 65 not out and 93 in his last five innings. 37-year-old Kohli has returned to the top of the batting rankings for the first time since July 2021. He is at the top with 785 rating points. She achieved the top ranking for the first time in October 2013 and this is her 11th separate spell at the top spot. Till now he has remained at the top for a total of 825 days. This is the 10th most by any player and the most by any Indian.
Rohit reached third place
Former captain Rohit Sharma is third with 775 points, captain Shubman Gill is fifth with 725 points. Shreyas Iyer, another Indian batsman in the top ten, is at 10th position with 682 points. New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell played a brilliant innings of 84 runs off 71 balls in the first ODI and moved to second place in the ODI rankings and is just one rating point behind Kohli. His score is 784, this is his best ranking till date. This Black Caps player is in great form. He has also scored three half-centuries and a century against the West Indies in his last five ODIs.
Mitchell’s teammate Devon Conway has moved up three places to 29th. In the ODI bowling rankings update, Mohammed Siraj’s stellar performance has seen him move up five places to join Bangladesh’s Mahdi Hasan Miraz at 15th position. New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson also benefited after his career-best bowling performance of taking four wickets against India, moving up 27 places to join India’s bowler Arshdeep Singh at 69th position.
After the end of the Ashes series, many Australian players moved up in the latest Test rankings, with Travis Head being the biggest gainer. He is second with 853 marks. Steve Smith has reached third place with 831 points. Both the batsmen have gained one place each. In this, Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is at eighth place with 750 points and captain Shubhman Gill is at 10th place with 730 rating points. Australia’s explosive batsman Travis Head climbed seven places to third place after scoring the most runs in this big Test series against England. He scored 629 runs in this series at an average of 62.90, which included three centuries.
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