Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli disappear from latest ICC ODI Rankings. What occurred? | Cricket News

File photograph of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Curiously, neither Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli seem within the latest ODI Rankings, issued by ICC – cricket’s world physique. In the latest replace, August 19, neither of India’s ex-captains discover a spot within the top-10 rankings.In final week’s replace, Rohit was within the No. 2 spot with 756 factors whereas Kohli stood within the fourth place with 736 factors. Now, Shubman Gill is the main batter in ODI rankings with 784 ranking factors and Shreyas Iyer in sixth on 704 factors. The different Indian within the top-20 locations is KL Rahul in thirteenth with 638 factors.

Latest ICC ODI Rankings, up to date on August 19. (Image: ICC)

Incidentally, Babar Azam, who had slipped to 3rd in final week’s rankings with Rohit taking up the second place, has now moved again beneath Gill.Neither Rohit or Kohli have performed any cricket since IPL 2025 whereas their final look in India’s colors got here in March within the Champions Trophy last in opposition to New Zealand.Do gamers disappear from the ICC Rankings?Yes. As per ICC’s guidelines on rankings, a participant might be eliminated from the top-100 spots in the event that they’ve not performed a match inside the qualifying interval – 12-15 months for Tests and 9-12 months for ODIs and T20Is.Alternatively, a participant might be eliminated from the rankings for good in the event that they retire from a format or fully from worldwide cricket. ICC, in its rulebook, explains that when MS Dhoni retired from Tests in 2014, he was eliminated from the Test rankings, however remained within the ODI rankings.This is why Kohli and Rohit aren’t offered within the latest Test and T20I rankings contemplating they’ve bowed out from each codecs. Both retired from the shortest format after successful the 2024 T20 World Cup and from Tests in May this yr.