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Indian superstar Virat Kohli was connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) displaced from the apical spot by New Zealand swashbuckler Daryl Mitchell successful the latest ICC ODI rankings for batters pursuing the latter's stupendous tally of signifier successful the just-concluded series.
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New Zealand won the bid 1-2, their archetypal connected Indian ungraded successful the ODI format, to extremity a 37-year wait.
Mitchell scored 2 hundreds during the rubber, and the 34-year-old besides became the fourth-fastest antheral to 9 one-day planetary hundreds, successful conscionable his 54th innings, sitting down lone Imam-ul-Haq (48), Hashim Amla (52) and Quinton de Kock (53).
The Hamilton merchandise is successful the signifier of his life, scoring 352 runs crossed the three-game series. His bid full was the astir ever by a New Zealander successful a three-match ODI bid and the third-most of each time, down lone Pakistan's Babar Azam (360 against the West Indies successful 2016) and India's Shubman Gill (360 against New Zealand successful 2023).
"With 845 ranking points, helium aptly replaces Kohli (795 points), who drops to No.2 connected the database successful the latest rankings release. The brace beryllium good wide of a chasing battalion that includes Ibrahim Zadran, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Babar Azam," the ICC said successful a statement.
It is the 2nd clip Mitchell has held the No.1 ranking successful ODI cricket, but his erstwhile spell astatine the apical lone lasted 3 days past November earlier helium was overtaken by Rohit.
Only South African AB de Villiers has much ODI centuries successful India against India (five) than Mitchell present does (four).
In 54 innings, Mitchell is yet to grounds an ODI duck, which is the second-longest all-time streak, down lone Kepler Wessels, who was astonishingly ne'er removed for naught crossed his 105 ODI innings betwixt 1983 and 1994.
The lad of notable rugby manager John, who is presently successful complaint of England's World Cup-winning women's side, Mitchell toiled for overmuch of his 20s, accumulating implicit 200 games worthy of home acquisition successful his homeland.
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Behind Mitchell and Kohli, Afghanistan's Zadran (third, 764 ranking points) swaps spots with India's Rohit (fourth, 757).
Glenn Phillips and Mitchell combined for a 219-run basal successful their series-sealing triumph successful Indore, the second-highest concern successful New Zealand's ODI history. Phillips blasted 106 runs disconnected 88 balls, seeing him ascent 16 places up to 20th.
Phillips besides rises 14 spots to equal-31st connected the database for ODI all-rounders, which Afghanistan's Azmatullah Omarzai remains astatine the apical of.
New Zealand's Michael Bracewell was the large mover successful the ODI bowling rankings, jumping six spots to 33rd aft his returns successful the archetypal 2 games of the India series.
The apical of the bowling ranks stay unchanged, with Afghanistan prima Rashid Khan (710 points) remaining the wide frontrunner up of England speedster Jofra Archer (670 points).
Rashid besides moved up 2 spots to 2nd connected the latest rankings for T20I bowlers, pursuing his two-wicket haul for Afghanistan successful the opening lucifer of their bid against the West Indies successful Dubai.
