Kuldeep breaks into top 10 ICC rankings for bowlers after a successful outing against England in the three match ODI series.
The china man is the second Indian bowler after Jasprit Bumrah and the fifth spinner to find a place in the top ranked bowlers. Rashid Khan is the second in the list followed by Imran Tahir on seventh position. England’s Adil Rashid and India’s Yuzvendra Chahal are on eighth and tenth position respectively.
Kuldeep took nine wickets in the recently-concluded ODI series, including a six-for at Trent Bridge. Due to his performance, he rose eight places and is placed at a career-high sixth position.
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Meanwhile, Captain Virat Kohli held on to his No.1 spot in the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings for batsmen. He achieved a career-high 911 points to sit on top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen. Virat Kohli’s scores of 75, 45 and 71 in the three-match ODI series against England earned him just two points but were enough to take him to 911 points, highest since Australia’s Dean Jones’ tally of 918 points in March 1991.
Joe Root moved up to No.2, a jump of four spots, after averaging 216 in the three-match series against India, which England won 2-1. His 818 ratings points, however, isn’t the best in his career. The 819 he had after the Brisbane ODI against Australia earlier this year, when he followed up his 91* in Melbourne with 46*, remains his best.
In the top 10 team rankings, number-one ranked England have moved to 127 points after gaining one point, while India have dropped one point to finish on 121 points. This means the four-point pre-series gap has now extended to six points.