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India's prima cricketer Virat Kohli has reclaimed the apical spot successful the ICC ODI rankings for batters, replacing Rohit Sharma, aft scoring a superb half-century against New Zealand successful the archetypal lucifer of the three-game series successful Vadodara.
At 37, this marks his instrumentality to fig 1 presumption for the archetypal clip since July 2021, portion erstwhile India skipper Rohit has slipped to 3rd spot.
India defeated the Black Caps by 4 wickets connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) with Kohli scoring a 91-ball 93, which besides made him the second-highest run-getter successful men's planetary cricket down Sachin Tendulkar.
Kohli's caller performances successful ODIs person been thing abbreviated of phenomenal. He scored an unbeaten 74 against Australia, 135, 102 and 65 not retired against the visiting South Africans and 93 against New Zealand successful his past 5 outings.
Kohli had gained the apical ranking for the archetypal clip successful October 2013 and it is his 11th antithetic spell successful the apical spot. As of today, helium has been astatine the apical for a full of 825 days— 10th astir by immoderate player, and the astir by an Indian batter.
India's ODI skipper Shubman Gill has maintained his 5th spot, portion Shreyas Iyer is the different Indian batter successful the top-10.
New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell has gained a spot pursuing his blazing 84 disconnected 71 successful the archetypal ODI, and is conscionable 1 standing constituent down Kohli, who is connected 785.
Mitchell's teammate Devon Conway climbed 3 spots to unafraid the 29th presumption arsenic helium continues to people runs astatine the top.
India pacer Mohammed Siraj has risen 5 spots to beryllium successful 15th presumption on with Bangladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz successful the ODI bowler rankings.
New Zealand accelerated bowler Kyle Jamieson, pursuing a career-best show of 4 for 41 runs, has jumped 27 places— moving up to associated 69th position, wherever helium shares the spot with Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh.
