India's batting juggernaut Virat Kohli has improved in the ICC's latest ODI batting rankings released on Wednesday (December 14) and so are his teammates Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer.
Kohli got the ranking boost riding on his sensational century in the third ODI against Bangladesh which came about in more than three years as he climbed two placed to eighth from tenth. Meanwhile the young gun Kishan, who belted a stunning double ton in the same match batting alongside Kohli, took a massive leap of 117 places to 37th.
While Kohli hammered 113 off 91 as it was his first century in the ODIs since 2019. With this he brought up his 44th ODI ton to take his overall century tally to 73. Meanwhile the star southpaw Kishan, cracked a record-busting 210 off 131 balls.
On the other hand, Shreyas, who has been exceptional with the bat in the ODIs of late, too improved from 20th to 15th in the batting chart riding on a brilliant 82 in the second match of the series in Dhaka.
Among bowlers, Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj gained four places to 22nd in the ODI ranking for India, while Bangladesh spin allrounder Shakib al Hasan was up one place to eighth. Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz has moved up three places to third in the all-rounders’ list.
Labuschangne continues dominance in Tests chart
In the Test rankings, Aussie batter Marnus Labuschagne consolidated his position at the top with a career-best 937 rating points after compiling his third three-figure knock in the two-match series against the West Indies.
He achieved the rare feat of scoring a double-century and a century in the same Test during the first match in Perth last week.
The 28-year-old now has a lead of 62 rating points over second-placed Steve Smith and is tied with Kohli for the 11th-best rating points ever in the list led by Australia great Don Bradman, who went as high as 961 rating points.
Smith is second in that list with 947 rating points, while Ricky Ponting (fifth with 942) is the third Australian in the top 10.
Travis Head is back in the top 10 after his Player of the Match effort of 175 and 38 not out helped record a 419-run win over the West Indies to consolidate his team’s top position in the WTC points table.
Head has gained six slots to reach seventh position, in the process overtaking the India pair of Rohit Sharma (10th) and Virat Kohli (12th) among others.
With PTI inputs…
