ICC ODI Rankings: Virat Kohli Holds No 1 Spot, Joe Root Moves to Two, Kuldeep Yadav Soars to No 6

The top five bowlers still remains the same – Jasprit Bumrah, Rashid Khan, Hasan Ali, Trent Boult and Josh Hazlewood.

Joe Root climbs to the second spot in the latest ICC ODI Rankings, just behind Indian captain Virat Kohli, who managed to hold on to his numero uno spot. Among the bowlers, Kuldeep Yadav climbed eight spots in the rankings, following his chart-topping nine wickets in the series to get to No.6. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Babar Azam slipped to the third spot and out-of-action David Warner plummeted to spots to take the No 5 spot.

Virat Kohli’s India may have lost the three-match ODI series, but he was in good nick, registering scores of 75, 45 and 71 to total 191 runs at a staggering average of 63.66. It not only helped him hold on to the numero uno spot, but also gave him his career-best rating points: 911.

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Rashid, the England leg-spinner, had six wickets in the three games, and the 3/49 in the final fixture took him to a career-high 681 rating points. There was no movement in the ladder as he remained at No 8.

He may have dropped his bat, but @root66 hasn’t dropped in the @MRFWorldwide ODI Rankings – he’s up to second!

Meanwhile, @imkuldeep18 soars into the top 10 bowlers!

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— ICC (@ICC) July 18, 2018

The top five still remains the same – Jasprit Bumrah, Rashid Khan, Hasan Ali, Trent Boult and Josh Hazlewood.

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Meanwhile, Fakhar Zaman has moved up 14 positions to No.24 with a career-best 639 points.

Meanwhile, India will lock horns with England again in whites, it is a five-match Test series that beckons. The 1st Test begins on August 1.