ODI Rankings: Kohli, Bumrah take No. 1 spots; Rashid creates record

Interestingly, Afghanistan have overtaken Zimbabwe in the Team Rankings. Afghanistan have gained four points to take 10th position with 55 points while Zimbabwe have lost three points to be on 50 points.

Leg-spinner Chahal has moved up eight slots to 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.

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, India (123) continued to top the ODI team rankings, followed by South Africa (117) and England (116).

Bumrah’s eight-wickets in the series helped him jump two places to attain the top spot.

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.

Bumrah shares the No. 1 spot with Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who sneered 16 wickets in the series against Zimbabwe which Afghanistan won 4-1 to become the youngest to attain top ranking.

India captain Virat Kohli became only the second batsman in the history of the game to cross the 900-point mark concurrently in both Tests and ODIs.

The 29-year-old consolidated his top position with 558 runs in the 5-1 series win over South Africa, during which he slammed three centuries.

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 Bumrah and the wrist-spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuleep Yadav.

Indian cricketers bored rich fruits from a successful South Africa series after both Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah grabbed pole positions in the latest ICC ODI rankings, released on Tuesday.