Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar's record in ICC ODI rankings Monday Sep 04,2017

The Virat Kohli-led Team India completed a 5-0 whitewash against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday Sep 03,2017

Skipper Kohli scored 330 runs in the 5-match series, including an unbeaten 110 in the last match, consolidated his position at the top of the ICC ODI Rankings with 887 points.

Kohli, who is also top-ranked in T20Is, has increased his lead over Australia’s David Warner from 12 to 26 points and is now on 887 points - equaling the highest ODI rating points by an India batsman, recorded by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998.

Apart from Kohli, his deputy Rohit Sharma and his predecessor, MS Dhoni, moved into the top 10 of the batsmen's rankings after having a memorable series that saw them scoring 302 runs and 162 runs respectively. 

Rohit, who was 14th before the start of the series, gained five slots to reach the ninth place while Dhoni gained two places to 10th position. Australia's David Warner continues to be second in the ICC ODI batsmen's ranking followed by South Africa's AB de Villiers and England's Joe Root. 

Jasprit Bumrah, who was adjudged the Player of the series for taking 15 wickets in five matches, jumped 27 places from 31st to reach a career best fourth position in the ICC ODI rankings for the bowlers.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 4 September, after the India v Sri Lanka series)

   Team                Points

  South Africa       119
  Australia             117
  India                  117 (+3)
  England              113
  New Zealand      111
  Pakistan              95
  Bangladesh         94
  Sri Lanka            86 (-2)
  West Indies         78
  Afghanistan         54
  Zimbabwe           52
  Ireland                41

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 4 September, after the India v Sri Lanka series)

BATTING (top 10)

Rank      Player                   Team     Points    

   1         Virat Kohli              Ind         887    
   2         David Warner         Aus         861      
   3         AB de Villiers        SA           847      
   4         Joe Root               Eng         799      
   5         Babar Azam           Pak         786  
   6         Kane Williamson    NZ          779      
   7         Quinton de Kock   SA          769      
   8         Faf du Plessis        SA          768    
   9         Rohit Sharma        Ind          764    
   10       MS Dhoni             Ind          749       

BOWLING (top 10)

Rank        Player                    Team     Points    

   1          Josh Hazlewood      Aus         732!       

   2           Imran Tahir            SA           718         

   3           Mitchell Starc        Aus         701         

   4          Jasprit Bumrah       Ind          687*   

   5          Kagiso Rabada       SA          685         

   6          Trent Boult            NZ          665        

   7         Hasan Ali               Pak         663*   

   8         Sunil Narine          WI          662         

   9         Rashid Khan         Afg         647*  

  10        Akshar Patel         Ind          645*      

ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)

Rank    Player                     Team     Points   

   1          Shakib Al Hasan     Ban         353        

   2          M. Hafeez               Pak         339        

   3           M. Nabi                 Afg         329       

   4          Angelo Mathews     SL          304       

   5          James Faulkner      Aus         299