Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma stay put in ICC ODI Rankings as Shikhar Dhawan drops
Post the South Africa-England and New Zealand-Australia series, the Indian batsmen remained in the top-10 in the recently released ICC ODI Rankings.
While Virat Kohli stayed With 825 points, Virat Kohli stayed in second place, behind South Africa’s AB de Villiers who was top of the heap with 900 points. Rohit Sharma in fifth (761 points) rounded off the top five with other members being Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock.
Shikhar Dhawan dropped two places into ninth place with 748 rating points. Captain MS Dhoni stood 12th with 706 points.
In the bowling department, Ravichandran Ashwin rose one place to tenth with 615 points. Injured Mohammad Shami (14th) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19) are the other Indian bowlers in the top 20.
Overall, de Kock and Joe Root were the top movers to make their way into the top-5 and top-10 respectively. De Kock jumped six places into fourth while Root jumped seven places into tenth.
Amongst the bowlers, Matt Henry was a swift mover to rise three places into fourth with fellow Kiwi Trent Boult leading the charts.
