ICC Rankings: Virat Kohli climbs fourth after impressive showing against Sri Lanka

India’s star batter Virat Kohli has taken a big jump in the latest ICC Rankings after his impressive showing against Sri Lanka. The ODI Series which India won by a margin of 3-0 saw Virat and Shubman Gill work wonders with the bat while Mohammed Siraj was also had an impressive outing.

Kohli smashed two centuries while amassing a whopping 283 runs from three innings during India's recent ODI series sweep over Sri Lanka and the right-hander jumped two places to fourth overall on the latest list for ODI batters.

While Pakistan skipper Babar Azam remains way out in front with



887 rating points, Kohli rises to a total of 750 points and has second-placed Rassie van der Dussen (766) and third-placed Quinton de Kock (759) well within his sights.

Kohli isn't the only India player to make giant strides on the latest set of rankings that were released by the ICC, with teammates Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav also well compensated for their performances against Sri Lanka.

Gill hit a century and a fifty during the series and his 207 runs at an average of 69 helped the opener improve 10 spots to 26th overall on the rankings for ODI batters.