
Kohli second in ODI rankings
After a stellar performance in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, Indian star batsman Virat Kohli has jumped two places to reach the second spot in the latest ICC ODI batting rankings.
According to the latest rankings, Kohli is now only behind Rohit Sharma, who reached the top of the ODI batting rankings for the first time with a century and a half-century against Australia and still holds the number one spot. Rohit scored a total of 146 runs in the South Africa series, while Kohli made 302 runs with two centuries and a half-century and was named Player of the Series. India's Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav are also in the top 10, with Gill at fifth and Yadav at 10th. Wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul has moved up two places to 12th.
In the bowling rankings, India's Kuldeep Yadav has also jumped three places to reach third. After the first T20, Axar Patel has moved up two places to 13th, Arshdeep Singh has risen three places to 20th, and Jasprit Bumrah has jumped six places to 25th. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Babar Azam remains at sixth.
In ODI bowlers, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan is at the top, while Pakistan's Abrar Ahmed remains at ninth, Shaheen Shah Afridi has moved up two places to 19th, and Haris Rauf has also gained one place to reach 22nd.
On the other hand, South African batter Dewald Brevis has jumped three places to reach eighth in the T20 batting rankings.
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was the Player of the Match in two consecutive Test matches in the Ashes, has also made a significant jump, rising three places to reach third in the Test bowling rankings, which is his career-best ranking. Starc took a total of 18 wickets in the first two Test matches.



