Indian batting mainstays Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma continued to stay on the high of the rankings for ODI batters with Virat Kohli at quantity 4, at the same time as Australian gamers made huge positive aspects after feasting on South Africa within the current sequence finale in Mackay.
Gill (784 ranking factors) and Rohit (756) held the primary and quantity two spot respectively with Pakistan’s Babar Azam (739) rounding out the highest three. Kohli has acquired 736 factors.
The Indians haven’t featured in ODIs in current months however Kuldeep Yadav (650) and Ravindra Jadeja (616) nonetheless remained static at quantity three and quantity 9 within the newest ODI rankings for bowlers.
Whereas Rohit and Kohli have retired from T20Is and Check cricket, each stay energetic within the ODI format.
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Each Rohit and Kohli final performed ODIs in February 2025 throughout the ICC Champions Trophy within the UAE, the place they performed pivotal roles in India’s title-winning marketing campaign.
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Australia amassed an imposing 431/2 within the 50-over match at Mackay with a trio of its batters in Travis Head (142), Mitch Marsh (100) and Cameron Inexperienced (118 not out) cashing in with a century.
All three made good floor on the rankings because of this, with Head gaining one place to maneuver to equal eleventh, Marsh leaping 4 rungs to maneuver to forty fourth and Inexperienced rising a whopping 40 slots to be 78th.
Australian teammate Josh Inglis additionally made floor on the listing, with the right-hander enhancing 23 spots to maneuver to sixty fourth because of his innings of 87 throughout the second match of the sequence towards the Proteas.
The competitors is tighter on the high of the rankings for ODI bowlers, with Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana becoming a member of fellow tweaker Keshav Maharaj on the high on 671 ranking factors following the completion of the sequence between South Africa and Australia.
Maharaj misplaced floor after choosing up figures of 1/57 within the sequence finale, along with his ranking dropping equal with Theekshana even because the Sri Lankan spinner didn’t function throughout the week.
The largest mover on the ODI rankings for bowlers got here through Lungi Ngidi, with the South Africa speedster gaining six locations to maneuver to twenty eighth following his series-high seven scalps throughout the three video games towards Australia.
Australia duo Sean Abbott (up 9 locations to equal forty eighth) and Nathan Ellis (up 21 spots to sixty fifth) additionally made floor on the listing for following some first rate showings throughout the sequence with the Proteas.
Revealed on Aug 27, 2025