India batting famous person Virat Kohli on Wednesday moved up a spot to attain fourth place in the ICC ODI rankings for batters after his match-winning 84 in opposition to Australia in Champions Trophy semifinal.
Kohli’s rise, nevertheless, coincided with skipper Rohit Sharma dropping down two positions to fifth as South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen also moved up one spot to take the third.
India vice-captain and opener Shubman Gill continues to maintain the highest spot adopted by Pakistan’s Babar Azam at second.
Among different Indians, spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel and pacer Mohammed Shami also moved up in the rankings for all-rounders and bowlers respectively.
Patel moved up to thirteenth spot with career-high 194 ranking factors in the most recent launch as per the ICC amongst all-rounders, which noticed Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai changing compatriot Mohammad Nabi in the method.
Omarzai now has a complete of 296 ranking factors and moved up two positions to claimed the No 1 rating.
With eight wickets to this point in the Champions Trophy, Shami, in the meantime, moved up three positions to attain eleventh with 609 ranking factors.
New Zealand’s Matt Henry (649) claimed the third spot after shifting up three positions amongst bowlers behind Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana on the prime spot and South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj at second.
Published – March 06, 2025 04:11 am IST
