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Indian prima Rohit Sharma dropped down to 2nd spot aft a little reign astatine the apical with New Zealander Daryl Mitchell dislodging him successful the ICC ODI batters’ rankings issued connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025).
Mitchell became the 2nd New Zealander to clasp the No.1 spot for ODI batters connected the backmost of an fantabulous period against the West Indies.
He scored his seventh ODI period during the opening crippled successful the bid against the Caribbean side, and that proved capable for the in-form right-hander to overtake Rohit astatine the apical and claim the premier position for the archetypal clip successful his career.
Mitchell presently has 782 standing points, 1 much than Rohit, whose reign astatine the apical spot lasted astir 3 weeks.
It means Mitchell is present conscionable the 2nd subordinate from New Zealand to clasp the apical ranking for ODI batters, joining Kiwi large Glenn Turner who antecedently held the spot backmost successful 1979.
Fellow New Zealanders Martin Crowe, Andrew Jones, Roger Twose, Nathan Astle, Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, and Ross Taylor each spent clip wrong the apical 5 of the ODI batter rankings during their illustrious careers, but lone Turner and present Mitchell person ever held the No.1 spot.
Ibrahim Zadran of Afghanistan besides dropped down 1 spot to 3rd portion Shubman Gill (4th), Virat Kohli (5th) and Shreyas Iyer (8th) are successful top-10.
There were besides large gains for a big of Pakistan players pursuing their ODI bid against Sri Lanka, with Mohammad Rizwan (up 5 places to adjacent 22nd) and Fakhar Zaman (up 5 rungs to adjacent 26th) making eye-catching improvements connected the database for ODI batters.
Pakistan registered an awesome 3-0 bid expanse during the three-match rubber against their Asian rival, with spinner Abrar Ahmed (up 11 places to ninth) and pacer Haris Rauf (up 5 spots to 23rd) being the large winners connected the latest rankings for ODI bowlers that are inactive led by Afghanistan tweaker Rashid Khan.
Meanwhile, the completion of the opening Test betwixt India and South Africa successful Kolkata saw a big of players from some the sides ascent the latest Test rankings for batters, with Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma moving to the apical 5 for the archetypal clip successful his vocation pursuing his fantabulous manus of 55 not retired successful the 2nd innings of the match.
India counterpart Shubman Gill roseate 2 spots to 11th contempt picking up an wounded during the aforesaid match, portion Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto moved up 4 places to adjacent 34th pursuing his period successful the archetypal Test against Ireland successful Sylhet.
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah held connected to his spot arsenic the No.1 Test bowler aft six wickets during the archetypal Test astatine Eden Gardens, with teammates Kuldeep Yadav (up 2 spots to a career-best 13th) and Ravindra Jadeja (up 4 places to 15th) among the players to marque immoderate inroads.
South Africa duo Marco Jansen (up 1 spot to 11th) and Simon Harmer (up 20 places to 24th) besides roseate successful the database for Test bowlers pursuing decent hauls against India.
Jansen besides gained 1 spot to determination to 5th connected the latest rankings for Test all-rounders.
