Gill and Rohit close in on No. 1 ODI ranking

Dubai: With just a week left for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, India skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are closing in on the top spot in the ICC men’s ODI player rankings.

The latest rankings update saw Pakistan captain Babar Azam maintaining his position at No. 1, but the Indian duo are closing in following good efforts during the ODI series against England.

Gill gained one place to move to second on the latest ODI batter rankings and is just five rating points adrift of Babar after back-to-back half-centuries against England, while Rohit, sitting third, is within 13 rating points of the Pakistan right-hander following his splendid century in Cuttack.

Several other prominent batters have re-entered the ODI rankings as teams prepare for the marquee ICC event. Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman is ranked 13th, while New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (29th), England’s Jos Buttler (38th), Devon Conway (40th), and Joe Root (51st) have also made their way back into the standings after their return to 50-over cricket.

The competition among bowlers is just as fierce, with just 18 rating points separating Rashid Khan, Maheesh Theekshana, Bernard Scholtz, Shaheen Afridi and Kuldeep Yadav inside the top five for ODI bowlers.

Meanwhile, Indian all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja (11th) and Mohammed Shami (13th) have climbed the rankings following strong performances in the England series. IANS 

Scoreboard  

INDIA:     

*Rohit Sharma          c Salt b Wood                             1

Shubman Gill           b Rashid                                      112

Virat Kohli                                   c Salt b Rashid                           52             

Shreyas Iyer              c Salt b Rashid                           78             

KL Rahul                   lbw b Mahmood                          40             

Hardik Pandya         b Rashid                                      17             

Axar Patel                                    c Banton b Root                         13             

Washington Sundar c Brook b Wood                          14             

Harshit Rana            c Buttler b Atkinson                   13             

Arshdeep Singh       run out (Salt)                               2               

Kuldeep Yadav         not out                                          1               

Extras: 13; Total:                                         356-10 (50)

FOW:*Rohit (6-1, 1.1), Kohli (122-2, 19), Gill (226-3, 34.3), Iyer (259-4, 38.2), Pandya (289-5, 41), Patel (306-6, 43.5), Rahul (333-7, 46.4), Rana (353-8, 49), Sundar (353-9, 49.3), Singh (356-10, 50)

Bowling:

Saqib Mahmood       10              0                68              1               

Mark Wood                9                1                45              2               

Gus Atkinson            8                0                74              1               

Joe Root                    5                0                47              1               

Adil Rashid               10              0                64              4               

Liam Livingstone     8                0                57              0

England:              

Philip Salt                  c Patel b Singh                          23             

Ben Duckett              c Sharma b Singh                      34             

Tom Banton              c Rahul b Yadav                         38             

Joe Root                    b Patel                                          24             

Harry Brook               b Rana                                         19             

*Jos Buttler                b Rana                                         6               

Liam Livingstone     st Rahul b Sundar                     9               

Gus Atkinson            b Patel                                          38             

Adil Rashid               b Pandya                                     0               

Mark Wood                c Iyer b Pandya                          9               

Saqib Mahmood       not out                                          2               

Extras: 12 ; Total:                                        214-10 (34.2)

FOW:Duckett (60-1, 6.2), Salt (80-2, 8.4), Banton (126-3, 18), Root (134-4, 20.2), Buttler (154-5, 24.1), Brook (161-6, 27), Livingstone (174-7, 29.3), Rashid (175-8, 30.3), Wood (193-9, 32.1), Atkinson (214-10, 34.2)

Bowling

Arshdeep Singh       5                0                33              2               

Harshit Rana            5                1                31              2               

Washington Sundar 5                0                43              1               

Axar Patel                  6.2             1                22              2                0               

Hardik Pandya         5                0                38              2               

Kuldeep Yadav         8                0                38              1

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