Virat Kohli attains rare double in ICC Rankings
Dubai, Feb 20 (IBNS): Virat Kohli becomes the second batsman to cross 900-point mark in both Tests and ODIs; Rashid shares top spot with Bumrah amongst bowlers.
Virat Kohli’s prolific run with the bat has helped him attain the rare feat of crossing the 900-point mark in both Tests and ODIs after the latest update in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings, which also saw Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah take the joint-top position among bowlers.
Kohli has become only the second batsman after South Africa’s AB de Villiers to attain the 900-point mark concurrently in both forms of the game and one among only five to have crossed 900 points in both forms of the game as he consolidated his top position with 558 runs in the 5-1 series win over South Africa, during which he slammed three centuries.
Kohli has thus moved ahead of Brian Lara in the all-timers’ list, having also overtaken him in the all-timers’ Test list last month. Kohli is now seventh in the ODI list of all-time rankings that is led by Vivian Richards with 935 points and the India captain is now a good 22 points clear of Sachin Tendulkar, whose ODI career high of 887 points came against Zimbabwe in January 1998. Kohli’s aggregate is the best since Brian Lara reached 911 points in March 1993.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who aggregated 323 runs in the South Africa series, is another notable gainer in the latest rankings even as a clutch of Indian bowlers made rapid strides in the latest rankings, including the wrist-spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.
Leg-spinner Chahal has moved up eight slots to the 21st position with 16 wickets in the South Africa series while Chinaman bowler Yadav’s 17 scalps have helped him move up 15 positions to take the 47th position. Pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s eight wickets have lifted him two places to take the joint-first position.
Rashid has joined Bumrah at the top with 16 wickets in the series against Zimbabwe which Afghanistan won 4-1 to become the youngest to attain top ranking. His 51 runs in two innings in the series, including a brisk 43 in the final match in Sharjah on Monday, has also helped him break into the top-five in the list of all-rounders while he has also moved up 11 slots to take 114th place among batsmen.
Other Afghanistan players to gain in the latest rankings include batsmen Rahmat Shah (up 39 places to 42nd), Javed Ahmadi (up 18 places to 83rd) and Najibullah Zadran (up 23 places to 93rd) and off-spin bowler Mohammad Nabi (up seven places to 11th).
For South Africa, Faf du Plessis’ 120-run knock in the first ODI against India, after which he was ruled out due to an injury, has seen him gain one slot to reach eight position.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan have overtaken Zimbabwe in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings. Afghanistan have gained four points to take the 10th position with 55 points while Zimbabwe have lost three points to be on 50 points.
New Zealand v England series
Meanwhile, England and New Zealand feature in a five-match ODI series starting on 25 February at Hamilton, with the home side having the chance to overtake the opposition by winning the series 3-2. A 3-2 series win will help New Zealand overtake England on decimal points while both teams can reach the second position with a 5-0 win.
Series scenarios:
⦠New Zealand beats England 5-0: New Zealand 119 points; England 113 points
⦠New Zealand beats England 4-1: New Zealand 117 points; England 114 points
⦠New Zealand beats England 3-2: New Zealand 116 points (ahead on decimals); England 116
⦠England beats New Zealand 3-2: England 117 points; New Zealand 114 points
⦠England beats New Zealand 4-1: England 119 points; New Zealand 113 points
⦠England beats New Zealand 5-0; England 120 points; New Zealand 111 points
Series itinerary
England v New Zealand:
25 February: 1st ODI, Hamilton
28 February: 2nd ODI, Tauranga
3 March: 3rd ODI, Wellington
7 March: 4th ODI, Dunedin
10 March: 5th ODI, Christchurch
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 20 February, after India v South Africa and Afghanistan v Zimbabwe series):
RankTeam Points
1.India123 (+4)
2.South Africa117 (-4)
3.England 116
4.New Zealand115
5.Australia112
6.Pakistan 96
7.Bangladesh90
8.Sri Lanka84
9.Windies76
10.Afghanistan55 (+4)
11.Zimbabwe50 (-3)
12.Ireland40
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 20 February, after India v South Africa and Afghanistan v Zimbabwe series):
BATSMEN (top 20)
Rank
(+/-)
Player
Team
Points
Avge
Highest Rating
1
( - )
Virat Kohli
Ind
909!
58.10
909 v SA at Centurion 2018
2
( - )
AB de Villiers
SA
844
53.50
902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
3
( - )
David Warner
Aus
823
43.43
880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
4
(+1)
Babar Azam
Pak
813
51.11
846 v NZ at Wellington 2018
5
(+1)
Joe Root
Eng
808
50.91
818 v Aus at Brisbane 2018
6
(-2)
Rohit Sharma
Ind
799
44.55
825 v SL at Mohali 2017
7
(-1)
Quinton de Kock
SA
783
45.41
808 v Ban at East London 2017
8
(+1)
Faf du Plessis
SA
782
44.68
802 v Ind at Durban 2018
9
(-1)
Kane Williamson
NZ
777
46.51
798 v SA at Centurion 2015
10
(+4)
Shikhar Dhawan
Ind
769
45.90
794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
11
( - )
Martin Guptill
NZ
764
43.75
789 v SA at Hamilton 2017
12
(-2)
Hashim Amla
SA
746
50.23
901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
13
(-1)
Ross Taylor
NZ
736
44.92
743 v Pak at Dunedin 2018
14
(+1)
Aaron Finch
Aus
724
38.55
743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015
15
(-2)
MS Dhoni
Ind
717
51.37
836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
16
( - )
Tamim Iqbal
Ban
698
34.98
721 v Zim at Mirpur 2018
17
( - )
Steve Smith
Aus
692
41.84
752 v Pak at Sydney 2017
18
( - )
Jos Buttler
Eng
656
37.63
723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
19
( - )
Mushfiqur Rahim
Ban
652
32.99
671 v Zim at Mirpur 2015
20
( - )
Jason Roy
Eng
645
37.84
672 v Aus at Melbourne 2018
BOWLERS (top 20)
Rank
(+/-)
Player
Team
Points
Avge
Highest Rating
1=
(+8)
Rashid Khan
Afg
787*!
13.26
787 v Zim at Sharjah 2018
(+2)
Jasprit Bumrah
Ind
787*!
22.50
787 v SA at Centurion 2018
3
(-1)
Trent Boult
NZ
729
24.27
766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
4
( - )
J. Hazlewood
Aus
714
24.27
733 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
5
( - )
Hasan Ali
Pak
711*
21.40
766 v NZ at Wellington 2018
6
(-5)
Imran Tahir
SA
683
24.81
786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
7
(-1)
Kagiso Rabada
SA
679
27.57
724 v Eng at Lord's 2017
8
(+21)
Y. Chahal
Ind
667*!
21.83
667 v SA at Centurion 2018
9
(-2)
Mitchell Santner
NZ
662 !
32.03
662 v Pak at Wellington 2018
10
(-2)
Mitchell Starc
Aus
658
20.95
783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
11
(+7)
Mohammad Nabi
Afg
646
31.74
653 v Zim at Harare 2017
12
(-1)
Sunil Narine
Win
636
26.46
791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
13
(-1)
Adil Rashid
Eng
632
31.78
655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016
14
(-1)
Chris Woakes
Eng
630
31.83
651 v SA at Headingley 2017
15
(+47)
Kuldeep Yadav
Ind
628*
20.02
637 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2018
16
(-6)
Akshar Patel
Ind
624*
31.31
663 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
17
(-3)
Pat Cummins
Aus
623
28.45
626 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
18
(-3)
Matt Henry
NZ
621
24.59
675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
19
(-2)
Liam Plunkett
Eng
616
30.22
646 v Win at Southampton 2017
20
(-1)
M. Rahman
Ban
601*
19.19
602 v Zim at Mirpur 2018
ALL-ROUNDERS (top 5)
Rank
(+/-)
Player
Team
Points
Highest Rating
1
( - )
Shakib Al Hasan
Ban
360
453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2
( - )
M. Hafeez
Pak
339
438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
3
( - )
M. Nabi
Afg
332
349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
4
(+11)
Rashid Khan
Afg
311*/*!
311 v Zim at Sharjah 2018
5
(-1)
A. Mathews
SL
306
427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
Image: ICC website
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