India opener Rohit Sharma has moved up four places to reach fifth position in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings after finishing as the leading scorer in the home series against Australia which India won 4-1 on Sunday.
Sharma’s 296 runs in the series, which included a fine 125 in the last match in Nagpur, contributed significantly to India’s convincing victory over the World champions that helped the home side grab the No.1 position in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings. Sharma is now on a career-best 790 rating points but his highest ranking has been third, which he attained in February 2016.
Other openers in the series have also made noteworthy gains. Sharma’s opening partner Ajinkya Rahane has moved up four places to reach 24th position while Australia’s opening pair of Aaron Finch and David Warner have proved more prolific and the results show in the latest rankings that also take into account the five-match series in England which the home side won 4-0 against the Windies.
Finch has gained nine slots to reach 17th position while Warner has closed in on No. 1 ranked Virat Kohli, bridging the pre-series gap of 26 points to just 12 points as he has moved to 865 points.
Other batsmen moving up include Kedhar Jadhav of India (up eight places to a career-best 36th), Marcus Stoinis of Australia (up 74 places to 54th), Jason Roy (up seven places to 30th), Jonny Bairstow (up 48 places to 40th) and Moeen Ali (up 18 places to 56th) of England, and the Windies pair of Jason Holder (up 11 places to 73rd) and Evin Lewis (up 31 places to 78th).
In the rankings for bowlers, South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir has regained the top spot after Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood missed the India series due to a side strain and lost 18 points in the process. Tahir is now just four points ahead of Hazlewood at 718 points.
In other movements, India’s left-arm spinner Akshar Patel has reached a career best seventh position after moving up three places while wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (up 24 places to 75th) and Kuldeep Yadav (up nine places to 80th) have also moved northwards.
Other bowlers to move up include Australia’s Nathan Coulter-Nile (up 49 places to a career-best 44th position) and Pat Cummins (up seven places to 21st), and England’s Liam Plunkett (up three places to 10th) and Adil Rashid (up four places to 12th).
In the list of all-rounders led by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, England’s Ben Stokes has moved into the top five.
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 2 October, after the England v West Indies and India v Australia series):
BATTING (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 877 55.13 887 v Aus at Kolkata 2017
2 ( - ) David Warner Aus 865 44.94 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
3 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 847 53.55 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
4 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 802 50.00 808 v Win at Bristol 2017
5 (+4) Rohit Sharma Ind 790! 44.03 790 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
6 (-1) Babar Azam Pak 786*! 53.88 786 v Ind at The Oval 2017
7 (-1) Kane Williamson NZ 779 46.98 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
8 (-1) Quinton de Kock SA 769 43.44 803 v NZ at Wellington 2017
9 (-1) Faf du Plessis SA 768 43.41 791 v SL at Cape Town 2017
10 ( - ) Martin Guptill NZ 749 43.30 789 v SA at Hamilton 2017
OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
17 (+9) Aaron Finch Aus 674 36.56 743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015
24 (+4) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 631! 35.27 631 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
28 (+1) Travis Head Aus 606* 37.36 609 v Ind at Kolkata 2017
30 (+7) Jason Roy Eng 599 36.48 664 v Win at Antigua 2017
36 (+8) Kedar Jadhav Ind 573*! 45.11 573 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
48 (+40) Jonny Bairstow Eng 535*! 49.60 535 v Win at Southampton 2017
54 (+74) Marcus Stoinis Aus 525*! 86.00 525 v Ind at Nagpur 2017
56 (+18) Moeen Ali Eng 522 ! 29.86 522 v Win at Southampton 2017
71 (+26) Hardik Pandya Ind 494*! 40.76 494 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
73 (+11) Jason Holder Win 489 25.34 491 v Eng at The Oval 2017
78 (+31) Evin Lewis Win 478* 34.21 480 v Eng at The Oval 2017
BOWLING (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
1 (+1) Imran Tahir SA 718 23.87 4.66 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
2 (-1) Josh Hazlewood Aus 714 23.85 4.69 732 v Eng at Edgbaston 2017
3 (+2) Kagiso Rabada SA 685 26.30 5.11 724 v Eng at Lord's 2017
4 (-1) Mitchell Starc Aus 684 20.13 4.81 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
5 (-1) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 671* 22.10 4.75 687 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
6 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 665 25.48 5.00 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
7= (+3) Akshar Patel Ind 663*! 29.88 4.36 663 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
( - ) Hasan Ali Pak 663*! 22.66 5.47 663 v Ind at The Oval 2017
9 ( - ) Rashid Khan Afg 647*! 14.74 3.97 647 v Win at St Lucia 2017
10= (-2) Sunil Narine Win 646 26.46 4.12 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
(+3) Liam Plunkett Eng 646! 30.22 5.77 646 v Win at Southampton 2017
OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
12 (+4) Adil Rashid Eng 639 32.02 5.55 655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016
21 (+7) Pat Cummins Aus 580 29.24 5.41 588 v Ind at Indore 2017
37= (+5) Umesh Yadav Ind 526 32.25 5.94 600 v Ban at Melbourne 2015
44= (+49) N. Coulter-Nile Aus 513*! 26.62 5.31 513 v Ind at Nagpur 2017
(+3) Moeen Ali Eng 513 51.04 5.12 610 v SA at Cape Town 2016
55= (+6) Hardik Pandya Ind 464* 34.44 5.57 480 v Aus at Indore 2017
62 (+6) Ben Stokes Eng 453 38.20 6.12 466 v Win at Barbados 2017
75= (+24) Y. Chahal Ind 427* 25.70 4.50 430 v Aus at Indore 2017
80= (+9) Kuldeep Yadav Ind 422*! 24.38 4.78 422 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
108 (+28) Alzarri Joseph Win 350* 30.69 6.40 353 v Eng at The Oval 20172017
ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) S. Al Hasan Ban 353 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( - ) M. Hafeez Pak 339 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
3 ( - ) M. Nabi Afg 329 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
4 ( - ) A. Mathews SL 304 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
5 (+1) Ben Stokes Eng 293 299 v Win at Bristol 2017
