Dubai, Jun 13 (UNI) In the latest ICC One-day International (ODI) rankings, Indian maverick Virat Kohli recouped the top position in the batting list.
The Indian skipper eclipsed the South African calypso AB De Villiers and Australian pocket monster David Warner following his unbeaten 81 against Pakistan and 76 not out against South Africa. Indian southpaw Shikhar Dhawan has jumped five places in the rankings occupying the tenth spot, credits to the knocks of 68 against Pakistan, 125 against Sri Lanka and 78 against South Africa.
However, opener Rohit Sharma and former Indian captain M S Dhoni have skid down to the 13th and the 14th position while the king of sling, Yuvraj Singh scooted up six points to 88th spot.
In the bowling ranks, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar shares the 23rd spot with Afghanistan’s Hamza Hotak jumping ahead 13 places. Umesh Yadav moved up two spots to stand in the 41st rank and Jasprit Bumrah gained three places to be 43rd.
The Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja however had a disappointing dip. Ashwin moved two places down to 20th and Jadeja dropped to 29th conceding three places.
In the ODI Team rankings, there is no change with South Africa in the top spot, Australia in the second and India occupying the third rank. England surpassing New Zealand to be fourth.
Among the International bowlers Josh Hazelwood became the number one ODI bowler for the first time. English bowlers Ben Stokes and Liam Plunkett are now in their career best 20th spot and 9th spot respectively. Stokes rocketted nine places ahead while Plunkett leaped seven places. Spinner Adil Rashid moved nine places ahead to 11th.
Among the all rounders, Bangladesh Skipper Shakib Al Hasan reatined the top spot. However Ben Stokes moved one place ahead to the sixth spot while Indian all rounder southpaw Jadeja entered the top ten ranks in the eighth position after gaining three places. UNI
