Rohit top gainer in latest ICC ODI ranking

For Sri Lanka, Upul Tharanga has gained 15 places to reach 36th position among batsmen with his current tally of 571 points, his highest in five years.

Niroshan Dickwella has gained seven places to take 37th position.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has gained 10 slots to also reach a career-best 45th position.

Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has moved up 16 places to take a career-best 56th slot.

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has moved up 23 places to take 28th place after finishing with six wickets in the series.

Virat Kohli, who rested himself from the Sri Lanka series, still leads the batting chart with 876 points.

While South Africa’s power-hitter AB de Villiers takes second place with 872 points.

Rohit's opening partner Shikhar Dhawan, named player of the series, too has gained one slot to reach 14th position after aggregating 168 runs including an unbeaten 100 in Visakhapatnam.

It's the first time that Rohit has crossed the 800-point mark as he ended the three-match ODI series which India won 2-1 with 816 points.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma's third career double hundred in the just-concluded series against Sri Lanka has pushed him up two spots to fifth in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings among batsmen.