Even though India lost the three-ODI series against England last week, the team’s top-order batsmen — Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli — had good outings, and they strengthened themselves in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen on Wednesday.
Kohli, who also got two fifties in three games, now finds himself at 767 rating points.
Sharma, who boosted his career not a little at Lord’s with 138 , is at 758 rating points.
In the second one-dayer, there was a collective batting failure, with the exception of Kohli and new T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer.
The English batter now has 674 rating points.
Even though India lost the three-ODI series against England last week, the team’s top-order batsmen — Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli — had good outings, and they strengthened themselves in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen on Wednesday. Despite a good show from India's top order, they lost the series 2-1. (ANI Pic Service)
Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand continues to sit atop the rankings with 802 rating points, but the scores of 80 (retired hurt), 31 and 77 at Edgbaston, Cardiff and Lord’s respectively have now brought Gill within one rating point of joining the Kiwi. Kohli, who also got two fifties in three games, now finds himself at 767 rating points. Sharma, who boosted his career not a little at Lord’s with 138 , is at 758 rating points.
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Despite the fact that in the top four there are three Indians, the team’s performance on the field has been quite substandard. After winning the first game by six wickets, they came a cropper at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff and then at Lord’s. In the second one-dayer, there was a collective batting failure, with the exception of Kohli and new T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer. At Lord’s, after India, in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, allowed England to make a mammoth 387/3, the game was pretty much over for the visitors. Sharma’s century brought India closer to the target, but that was all the team gained from it.
Joe Root is the biggest beneficiary in the rankings. He sees a jump of four places and breaks into the top-10 (8th) for the first time since 2020. Former captain Root made runs in all three matches with scores of 76, 99 and 74, and not even once was he dismissed. He has now scored six consecutive fifties. Root returned to ODIs last year in India. His previous appearance in ODIs was in the 2023 World Cup. The English batter now has 674 rating points.
