India star batter Virat Kohli made massive gains on the latest ICC ODI batter Rankings and leapfrogged Shubman Gill to make it to the fourth place. While Rohit Sharma maintained his place on the top with his knock of 57 against South Africa in the first ODI, Virat went on to surpass Gill with his superb inning of 135 in the same match.
Notably, Gill has already been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against South Africa as he is yet to fully recover from his neck injury. With the 25-year-old absent, Kohli went on to play a phenomenal knock and ensured that the team reached a mammoth total of 349/8 in 50 overs. The batter now has 751 rating points under his name in comparison to Gill's 738.
KL Rahul also rose two places in the batter rankings and is now up to the 14th spot with 638 rating points. On the other hand, South Africa's Quinton de Kock, who got dismissed for a duck against India, lost three places and went down to the 16th position.
Kuldeep rises in bowler rankings
Elsewhere, Kuldeep Yadav made gains on the ODI bowler rankings with his fine spell of 4/68 against South Africa. The left-arm spinner is now up to the sixth position with 641 rating points, overtaking New Zealand's Mitchell Santner who has 636 rating points under his name. Both Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh also entered the top 100 with their figures of 3/65 and 2/64 respectively. While the former climbed 19 places and reached the 93rd position, the latter rose nine spots and ended up at the 95th position.
Gainers for South Africa
On the other hand, batter Matthew Breetzke was the biggest gainer for South Africa in the latest ICC Rankings. He rose 17 places and moved to the 30th position with 569 rating points. He is now level on points with Scotland's George Munsey. Marco Jansen also made significant gains on the ODI all-rounder rankings, rising 15 places to reach the 20th position with 181 rating points.