Dubai: India superstar, Virat Kohli has advanced two slots to second place on the batters’ list in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings. He is just eight points behind teammate Rohit Sharma who continues to uphold his number one position.
The move up the rankings comes after exceptional performances in the recently concluded three-match ODI series against South Africa where Kohli’s scores of 135, 102 and 65 not out helped his team to a 2-1 series win. He was named Player of the Series for his 302 runs across the three fixtures.
Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock scored centuries in the second and third matches respectively and both moved up to 25th and 13th places respectively, while their skipper, Temba Bavuma went up three places to 37th.
Kuldeep Yadav’s four for 41 in the decisive third ODI also contributed to the series win for his team and advanced him to third place in the bowling table, up three places.
