ICC Ranking: Rohit Sharma close to overtake Virat Kohli as No 2 batsman in ODIs

Dubai, February 9: Fakhar Zaman and Joe Root broke into the top 10 of the ICC Ranking on Wednesday (February 9) while Rohit Sharma edged closer to Virat Kohli after his half-century in the first ODI against West Indies.

Shai Hope lost out on valuable points and slipped out of the top 10 of the ICC Rankings for batsmen after the first ODI against India.

Fakhar Zaman and Joe Root broke into the top 10 of the batting rankings as a result.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli continued to hold onto the top two spots, but Rohit Sharma, with 807 rating points after his fifty in the first ODI of the series against West Indies, is sneaking in on Virat Kohli, who is at No 2 in the ODI Batting Rankings with 828 rating points.

There was no movement in the top 10 of the bowling rankings, but Jason Holder, following his half-century in the first ODI against India, went up four places in the allrounder rankings to get into the top 20.

Oman's Jatinder Singh, who made a hundred in the first match of the UAE series, part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, jumped 26 places to break into top 100 of the batting rankings.

Jatinder is the second-highest run-scorer in the League 2 tournament with 594 runs in 23 matches.