On Wednesday, ICC has released the latest rankings, in which Virat Kohli has gained in ODI Batting Ranking. In the first match of the ongoing ODI series (IND vs SA ODI) against South Africa, Virat had played a brilliant century of 135 runs. Virat has now once again come one step closer to becoming the world’s number-1 batsman. Currently Rohit Sharma is the number-1 batsman in ODIs.

Virat has advantage in ranking

Virat has benefited from his century innings against South Africa, due to which he has now moved up to fourth position with the gain of one place. He has achieved fourth position by defeating Shubman Gill. Virat’s rating points have reached 751, while Rohit Sharma, who is at number one, has 783 rating points.

4 Indians among top-10 batsmen

Let us tell you that there are four Indian batsmen in the top-10 of the ODI batting rankings. Rohit Sharma is at the first place, while Virat Kohli is at the fourth place and the regular captain of the Indian ODI team, Shubman Gill is at the fifth place. The fourth Indian batsman in the top-10 is Shreyas Iyer, who remains at number nine in the rankings.

1. Rohit Sharma (India)
2. Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand)
3. Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan)
4. Virat Kohli (India)
5. Shubman Gill (India)

Kuldeep Yadav has also gained in bowling rankings in ODI format. Kuldeep has now moved up one place to sixth place in the ODI bowling rankings. Talking about Virat Kohli, he has never been able to become the world’s number-1 batsman in ODI rankings after the year 2021. Virat had recently scored the 52nd century of his ODI career and 83rd century of his international career.

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Latest ICC Oneday Rankings: Team India’s veteran player Rohit Sharma has recently achieved a great achievement. Rohit has become the world’s number-1 batsman in the ICC ODI rankings for the first time at the age of 38 and has also become the oldest player to reach this position. He has achieved this historic position by leaving behind Indian captain Shubman Gill in the rankings. Rohit has achieved number-1 ranking on the basis of brilliant innings played against Australia.

Made world record by beating Sachin Tendulkar

Rohit Sharma has created a world record by defeating the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit has achieved number-1 position in ICC ODI rankings at the age of 38 years and 182 days. Sachin did this feat in Test cricket in 2011 at the age of 38 years and 73 days. The third oldest player to reach number-1 in the ICC rankings is Viv Richards, who achieved this feat at the age of 37 years and 230 days.

Rohit had a great performance in Australia

Rohit Sharma’s excellent performance was seen on the Australia tour. Where Rohit played two brilliant innings of 73 and 123 not out in the three-match ODI series against Australia. After this performance, he has jumped to number 1 in the ODI rankings. He has become the first player to achieve this feat at the age of 38. Rohit has maintained consistency and aggression in his batting even at this age. It is the result of his long career and hard work that he has been able to reach the top even at this stage of his career.

Let us tell you that after this historic achievement, Rohit Sharma’s eyes will now be on maintaining his form. This performance of Rohit is special not only for him but also for the entire Indian team. Now it will be interesting to see how long Rohit can retain his number-1 crown.

The ICC batting rankings is in the fire of Indian batsmen. Except Test cricket, the world’s number-1 batsman is Indian in both other formats. Shubman Gill in ODIs and Abhishek Sharma in T20 are on top. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also in the list of top 5 batsmen in ODIs. Apart from Abhishek, another Indian top 5 is included in T20.

Root number-1 in ICC Test batting rankings

England batsman Joe Root is the world’s number-1 batsman in the ICC Test rankings. He has 908 ratings, at number two is England player, while the top 5 stars Yashasvi Jaiswal as the only Indian, who is at number five in the list.

Shubman Gill is the world’s number-1 ODI batsman

Indian Test team captain Shubman Gill is ranked first in ODI batting rankings. They have 784 rating points. Captain Rohit Sharma is at number two with 756 ratings. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is at number three, Virat Kohli is at number four. New Zealand’s explosive batsman Derryl Mitchell is ranked 5th.

Abhishek Sharma at the top of T20 batsmen

India’s opener Abhishek Sharma created his reign in T20 international cricket in a very short time. He made his T20 debut last year, in February this year, he played a historic innings of 135 runs against England. This is the biggest personal innings in this format by any Indian. He is currently the world’s number T20 batsman in the ICC rankings, who will boost his morale in the Asia Cup.

The second number in this list is also Indian batsman Tilak Verma, he is also an important part of the Asia Cup squad. Tilak plays at number three. He is second in the ranking of ICC T20 batsmen with 804 ratings. At number three in the list is Phil Salat of England, Jose Butler at number four. Till a few days ago, Travis Head, who lives at number-1, has reached number five. Abhishek Sharma had secured number-1 by removing the head.