Virat Kohli remains steady at No. 2 in ICC ODI rankings

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s batting maestro Virat Kohli held on to the number two position in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen released here today, while Rohit Sharma dropped a place to seventh. Opener Shikhar Dhawan maintained his eighth position. England batsman Joe Root has surged into the top five of rankings for the first time after a stellar performance against Pakistan, which earned him the player of the series award.

The 25-year-old scored 274 runs in the series, which helped him leapfrog New Zealand’s duo of Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill as well as India batsman Rohit Sharma into fourth position in the latest player rankings. During the series, the Yorkshireman also achieved a career-best rating of 776 points, which he had attained after the third ODI at Trent Bridge in which he scored 85.

Root is one of the four England batsmen to make upward movement following a 4-1 series win over Pakistan. Alex Hales has risen four places to reach 20th spot after aggregating 223 runs in the series, including a belligerent 171 in the third ODI, captain Eoin Morgan has gained four places and is now in 24th spot, while Jason Roy’s series contribution of 181 runs have helped him rise 10 places to share 35th spot with Dinesh Chandimal, who himself has moved up 15 places following a good series with the bat against Australia.