Pakistan captain Babar Azam has replaced India skipper Virat Kohli to become the No.1 batsman in the ODI rankings. The right-handed-handed batsman who has been in some good form in the recent past has 865 points to his name while Kohli has 857 points.
India’s limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma is at number three with 825 points. In the recent three-match ODI series against South Africa, Babar scored a century and a half-century along with a 31 during the course.
"The Pakistan captain has overtaken Virat Kohli to become the No.1 batsman in the latest @MRFWorldwide ICC men's ODI rankings," ICC tweeted.
In 80 ODIs that Babar has played for Pakistan, he has scored over 3800 runs at an average of 56.83 including 13 tons and 17 half-centuries.
Apart from Azam, Pakistan also have another batsman in the list of top 10 ODI batsmen, Fakhar Zaman. Zaman played some good knocks during the OID series against the Proteas and has moved to the seventh spot in the rankings with 778 points.
Ross Taylor, Aaron Finch and Jonny Bairstow are at 4,5 and 6 respectively while Fat du Plessis is placed at 8, David Warner at 9 and Shai Hope at 10.