Young Indian opener Shubman Gill closed the gap with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam by just six points as the No 1 ODI batter in the ICC rankings that was released on Wednesday.The 24-year-old, who became the fastest batter to reach 2000 ODI runs in their World Cup match against New Zealand on
Sunday, has improved to 823 ratings points.
Babar on the other hand has dropped to a total of 829 rating point despite having amassed 157 runs from five innings so far at the World Cup, with his most recent effort a fighting 74 in a losing side against Afghanistan in Chennai.