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Dubai: Following his good show against Sri Lanka in the recent ODI series, India captain Rohit Sharma jumped one spot in the latest ICC Rankings for batters on Wednesday. Rohit is currently placed second in the standings after his 157 runs from three games including two half-centuries. India had lost the series 0-2 after the first game ended in a tie. Rohit’s teammates Shubman Gill slipped one spot to third, while Virat Kohli remained static at No.4 in the rankings. Pakistan’s Babar Azam is currently leading the charts with 824 rating points, while Rohit has 765 points.
The other Indian in the top 20 is Shreyas Iyer at 16th, while KL Rahul is placed 21st after dropping one spot. Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav remained the top-ranked Indian at fourth spot in the bowling rankings, trailing top-ranked South African spinner Keshav Maharaj, Australia’s Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa, who occupy the top-three spots.
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah remained stationary at eighth, while Mohammed Siraj slipped five spots to occupy the joint ninth position with New Zealand’s Trent Boult. Senior seamer Mohammed Shami is ranked 12th. The 33-year-old is currently rehabilitating at the NCA in Bengaluru following an ankle surgery and is expected to be back for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh in Chennai and Kanpur next month.
Washington Sundar, India’s highest wicket-taker during the Sri Lanka ODIs (5 wickets, 3 matches), has risen 10 places to 87th spot. Ravindra Jadeja remains the highest-placed Indian in the all-rounders’ section at 16th spot, while Hardik Pandya has dropped four places to 26th.
Team India sits at the summit of the ODI rankings with 118 rating points, while Australia are second at 116, followed by South Africa (112).
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