ICC ODI rankings revealed: Virat Kohli maintains his position

The 22-year-old youngster had an outstanding performance in the recently finished three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, scoring his first century (130 off 97 balls) in the last match in Harare. Virat Kohli, a former Indian captain who was inactive throughout the ODI series against Zimbabwe, maintained his fifth-place ranking with 744 rating points. Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, who also had a break during the series against Zimbabwe, remained in place six.

Shikhar Dhawan, an experienced batsman who also had a respectable performance against the Southern African country (154 runs in three matches), fell to 12th in the most recent rankings despite striking two half-centuries in the first and third games, respectively. Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan, is still listed as the best ODI batter in the world (891) and is closely followed by Rassie van der Dussen, a South African (789).