Babar Azam of Pakistan enjoyed a memorable ODI series against the West Indies. Following the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 fiasco earlier this year, the former captain of Pakistan made a comeback to international cricket, but he only scored 56 runs in the three games. Additionally, after 34 years, Pakistan lost an ODI series to the West Indies.
Babar Azam’s lean patch in the ODI series against West Indies means that the former world No. 1 hitter has slid down one position to the No. 3 slot in the new ICC ODI rankings revealed on Wednesday. India has benefited from Babar’s loss because Rohit Sharma, the ODI captain, is currently listed as the second-best ODI batter in the ICC rankings.
In the ICC ODI rankings, it also implies that Team India’s hitters are now rated first and second. New India Test captain Shubman Gill is the top-ranked batter, with Rohit in second place. Babar Azam has now dropped to 751 points, while the Indian opener has 784 points, and Rohit Sharma has 756.
According to the ICC ODI rankings, former India captain Virat Kohli is ranked fourth, meaning that three of India’s hitters are in the top four. The other Indian hitter ranked in the top 10 is Shreyas Iyer, who is presently at number eight.
When will Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma play cricket again for the national team?
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, two team India veterans, have already declared their retirements from Test and Twenty20 international cricket. Only ODI cricket is available for Rohit and Virat to play.
India’s next ODI series against world champions Australia is set for October, following their victory in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 earlier this year. Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are anticipated to be included in Team India’s roster for the three-match ODI series against Australia. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s appearance in Australian international cricket is likely to be their last.
Team India batters top the ICC T20I standings
In the ICC T20I batting rankings, India is presently leading as well. Tilak Varma of the Mumbai Indians is now batting in second place, while opener Abhishek Sharma has maintained his top spot.
It is anticipated that both Indian hitters will be included in Team India’s roster for the Asia Cup 2025 competition, which begins in the United Arab Emirates on September 9.
After the most recent update to the ICC men’s T20I Player Rankings, South Africa’s and Australia’s in-form players emerged victorious and achieved new career-high ratings. Tim David of Australia is the top run scorer in the first two games of the Twenty20 International series between Australia and South Africa. As a result, the hard-hitting right-hander has risen six ranks to 10th place overall among T20I batters, setting a new career-high rating.
While teenager Dewald Brevis is the clear winner from a South African standpoint after his record-breaking performance in the second game of the series in Darwin, his colleague Cameron Green also moves up six ranks to 17th on the same list. The Proteas won the three-match series against the Aussies 1-1 thanks to a spectacular performance of 125 from Brevis, which propelled them from outside the top 100 to 21st in the T20I Batting Rankings.
In his seventh T20I appearance for his nation, Brevis recorded the best score ever against Australia and the highest score by any South African men’s batter. While Josh Hazlewood (up three ranks to 20th), Kagiso Rabada (up 15 places to equal 44th), and Lungi Ngidi (up 14 rungs to 50th) are the top performers in the most recent rankings for T20I bowlers, South African colleague Tristan Stubbs (up 12 spots to equal 27th) also makes some progress for T20I batters.
