Virat Kohli to join AB de Villers: ICC Batsmen Ranking
Virat Kohli to join AB de Villers: ICC Batsmen Ranking
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Indian skipper Virat Kohli has thus, moved ahead of Brian Lara in the all-timer list, having also overtaken him in the all-time Test list last month. Kohli is now seventh in the ODI list of all-time rankings that is led by Vivian Richards with 935 points and the India captain is now a good 22 points clear of Sachin Tendulkar, whose ODI career high of 887 points came against Zimbabwe in January 1998. Kohli's aggregate is the best since Brian Lara reached 911 points in March 1993.

 

Virat Kohli's prolific run with the bat has helped him attain the rare feat of crossing the 900-point mark in both Tests and ODIs after the latest update in the ICC ODI Player Rankings, which also saw Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah take the joint-top position among bowlers.

India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who aggregated 323 runs in the South Africa series, consolidated his position at No.10 even as a clutch of Indian bowlers made rapid strides in the latest rankings, including the wrist-spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuleep Yadav. Leg-spinner Chahal has moved up eight slots to 21st position with 16 wickets in the South Africa series while Chinaman Yadav's 17 scalps have helped him move up 15 positions to take the 47th position. Pace bowler Bumrah's eight wickets have lifted him two places to take the joint-first position.

19-year-old Rashid has joined Bumrah at the top with 16 wickets in the series against Zimbabwe which Afghanistan won 4-1 to become the youngest to attain top ranking. His 51 runs in two innings in the series, including a brisk 43 in the final match in Sharjah on Monday, has also helped him break into the top-five in the list of all-rounders while he has also moved up 11 slots to take 114th place among batsmen.

 

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