ICC ODI rankings: Rohit, Kuldeep rise to career-best spots

TIL Desk Sports/ Opener Rohit Sharma, who led India to the Asia Cup title in the absence of top-ranked Virat Kohli, climbed two places up to a career-best second position to make it a 1-2 for India in the ICC ODI batting rankings on Sunday.

This is for the second time that Sharma is in second spot, having first reached number two in July this year. He aggregated 317 runs in the tournament, which India won after beating Bangladesh in the final by three wickets.

Shikhar Dhawan, who was highest run-getter with 342 runs, gained four slots to reach fifth position. The pair was rested in India’s last Super Four match which ended in a tie against Afghanistan but still led the run aggregate, thanks largely to a 210-run partnership in the Super Four match against Pakistan in which Sharma slammed an unbeaten 111 and Dhawan scored 114.

Another India player to rise in the rankings table is spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who advanced three places to take a career-best third position after finishing as the joint-highest wicket taker along with Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman and Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, all of who finished with 10 wickets each.