India's experienced skipper Rohit Sharma closes in on Babar Azam at the top of the ODI rankings for batters. Here is all you need to know (Pic: File Pic)
Updated On: 2024-08-14 04:59 PM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
Openers from India and Sri Lanka have been the big winners after they made good ground near the top of the updated ICC Men's ODI Batter Rankings
Pakistan's Babar Azam holds a healthy lead at the head of the list for ODI batters. The star Pakistan batsman has 824 rating points, but he has some fresh challenges in the form of India skipper Rohit Sharma and Sri Lanka right-hander Pathum Nissanka
Rohit Sharma with 765 rating points overtook teammate Shubman Gill and rose one place to second behind Babar on the back of his series-best 157 runs against Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka also gained a spot to move to eighth following his 101 runs from the same series. Sri Lanka broke a 27-year drought by defeating India for the first time since 1997 during that ODI series
Hard-hitting Netherlands opener Max O'Dowd went up 10 places to 54 and USA's Monank Patel (up 11 spots to equal 56th) also made ground on this list