Virat Kohli returned to the top spot in the latest ODI rankings which were released by ICC on 30 October. He accumulated the highest ranking points of his career which took him past former India batsman Sachin Tenulkar. The Indian captain had slipped to number two last week after AB de Villiers had scored a century to reclaim the top spot he had lost to Kohli.
But, Kohli returned to the top after his stellar performance in the New Zealand series which India won 2-1. The 28-year-old Delhi batsman scored 263 runs in the series. He now has has 889 ranking points, which is the best ever by an India batsman.
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 30 October, after the India-New Zealand series) :
BATTING (top 20)
Rank | (+/-) |
Player
|
Team | Points | Avge | Highest Rating |
1 | (+1) | Virat Kohli | Ind | 889! | 55.74 | 889 v NZ at Kanpur 2017 |
2 | (-1) | AB de Villiers | SA |
872
|
54.06 | 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015 |
3 | ( - ) | David Warner | Aus | 865 | 44.94 | 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017 |
4 | ( - ) | Babar Azam | Pak | 846*! | 58.60 | 846 v SL at Sharjah 2017 |
5 | ( - ) | Quinton de Kock | SA | 808 ! | 45.85 | 808 v Ban at East London 2017 |
6 | (-1) | Joe Root | Eng | 802 | 50.00 | 808 v Win at Bristol 2017 |
7 | ( - ) | Rohit Sharma | Ind | 799 ! | 44.33 | 799 v NZ at Kanpur 2017 |
8 | (+2) | Faf du Plessis | SA | 773 |
43.90
|
791 v SL at Cape Town 2017 |
9 | ( - ) |
Hashim Amla
|
SA | 766 | 51.25 | 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012 |
10 | (-2) | Kane Williamson | NZ | 760 | 46.31 | 798 v SA at Centurion 2015 |
11 | (+1) | MS Dhoni | Ind | 730 | 51.71 | 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009 |
12= | (-1) | Martin Guptill | NZ | 728 | 42.71 | 789 v SA at Hamilton 2017 |
(+1) | Steve Smith | Aus | 728 | 43.23 | 752 v Pak at Sydney 2017 | |
14 | (+1) | Ross Taylor | NZ | 725 | 44.27 | 743 v Zim at Harare 2015 |
15 | (-1) | Shikhar Dhawan | Ind | 708 | 43.97 | 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015 |
16 | ( - ) | Tamim Iqbal | Ban | 677 | 34.32 | 688 v Aus at The Oval 2017 |
17 | ( - ) | Aaron Finch | Aus | 674 | 36.56 | 743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015 |
18 | (+1) | Alex Hales | Eng | 660 | 37.89 | 705 v NZ at Cardiff 2017 |
19 | (-1) | Mushfiqur Rahim | Ban | 658 | 32.92 | 671 v Zim at Mirpur 2015 |
20
|
( - ) | Eoin Morgan | Eng | 650 | 38.16 | 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010 |
BOWLING (top 20)
Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Points | Avge | Eco. | Highest Rating |
1 | ( - ) | Hasan Ali | Pak | 759*! |
19.82
|
5.11
|
759 v SL at Sharjah 2017 |
2 | ( - ) | Imran Tahir | SA | 743 | 23.72 | 4.64 | 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017 |
3 | (+3) | Jasprit Bumrah | Ind | 719*! | 22.26 | 4.76 | 719 v NZ at Kanpur 2017 |
4 | (-1) | Josh Hazlewood | Aus | 714 | 23.85 | 4.69 | 732 v Eng at Edgbaston 2017 |
5 | (-1) | Kagiso Rabada | SA | 708 | 26.08 | 5.05 | 724 v Eng at Lord's 2017 |
6 | (-1) | Mitchell Starc | Aus | 684 | 20.13 | 4.81 | 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015 |
7 | ( - ) | Trent Boult | NZ | 671 | 26.21 | 5.04 | 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016 |
8 | ( - ) | Akshar Patel | Ind | 653* | 31.31 | 4.43 | 663 v Aus at Nagpur 2017 |
9 | ( - ) | Rashid Khan | Afg | 647*! | 14.74 | 3.97 | 647 v Win at St Lucia 2017 |
10= | ( - ) | Sunil Narine | Win | 646 | 26.46 | 4.12 | 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013 |
( - ) | Liam Plunkett | Eng | 646 ! | 30.22 | 5.77 | 646 v Win at Southampton 2017 | |
12
|
( - ) | Adil Rashid | Eng | 639 | 32.02 | 5.55 | 655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016 |
13 | ( - ) | Chris Woakes | Eng | 635 | 31.45 | 5.58 | 651 v SA at Headingley 2017 |
14 | (+2) | Mitchell Santner | NZ | 628! | 33.81 | 4.95 | 628 v Ind at Kanpur 2017 |
15 | (-1) | B. Kumar | Ind | 624 | 36.82 | 4.94 | 657 v Win at Dharamsala 2014 |
16 | (-1) | Mohammad Nabi |
Afg
|
618 | 32.74 | 4.29 | 653 v Zim at Harare 2017 |
17 | ( - ) | Matt Henry | NZ | 597 | 25.26 | 5.62 | 675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016 |
18 | ( - ) | Morne Morkel | SA | 587 | 24.48 | 4.94 | 717 v SL at East London 2012 |
19 | (+1) | Pat Cummins | Aus | 580 | 29.24 | 5.41 | 588 v Ind at Indore 2017 |
20 | (-1) | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 578 | 29.95 | 4.44 | 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009 |
ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)
Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Points | Highest Rating |
1 |
( - )
|
M. Hafeez | Pak | 352 | 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013 |
2 | ( - ) | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 346 | 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009 |
3 | ( - ) | M. Nabi | Afg | 329 | 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017 |
4 | (+1) | Ben Stokes | Eng | 293 | 299 v Win at Bristol 2017 |
5 | (-1) | Angelo Mathews | SL | 290 | 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014 |