New Delhi: India’s ODI skipper Rohit Sharma moved to the number 2 position in the latest ICC ODI Rankings after the brilliant performance against Sri Lanka. He’s only 59 points behind Pakistan’s Babar Azam.
Shubman Gill dropped to the fourth place, while Virat Kohli is in the fourth position in the rankings. The Men in Blue lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka by 2-0, but Rohit Sharma performed well in the series, scoring 157 runs at an average of 52.33 with a strike rate of 141.44. He also scored two half-centuries in the series with a top score of 64.
Kohli did not have a great outing and only managed to score 58 runs in the three matches. Shubman Gill also struggled to perform in the challenging spin conditions. Sri Lankan batter Avishka Fernando also moved 20 places to no.68 after his brilliant 98-run knock in the third ODI.
India’s Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets in the ODI series against Sri Lanka and placed on the fourth spot in the rankings. Jasprit Bumrah who didn’t participate in the Sri Lanka series is placed at number 8 while Mohammed Siraj dropped five places to no. 10.
Team India will next face England in the three-match ODI series, starting on February 6. The Men in Blue will be back in action after the 40-day-long break against Bangladesh in the two-match Test series, starting on September 19.
After that, Suryakumar Yadav and Co. will face the Bangla Tigers in the three-match T20I series, starting on October 6. Rohit Sharma and Co. will play three Test matches against New Zealand in October and will tour Australia for the five-match Test series in November.
‘It was a privilege to work with Rohit’: Rahul Dravid
Team India’s former head coach Rahul Dravid in an interview with Star Sports said that Rohit is a fantastic leader and it was a privilege to work with him.
“I can’t completely take all the credit. I believe the teams are really led by a group of senior players, led by the captain, so I think… It was a privilege to work with Rohit in these two and a half years. He was a fantastic leader. People really gravitate towards him. I think that makes a lot of difference” Rahul said.
“There are a lot of other senior players as well. Whether it was Virat (Kohli), Bumrah, or Ashwin in Test cricket that we played, so many of them” he added.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma moved to No.2 spot in the latest rankings for ODI batters. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli are third and fourth in the list. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
