Virat Kohli Ranks No. 1 Batsman In ODI Rankings

Virat Kohli with his consistent performance has outrun the long reigning rank of Hashim Amla, and claims the number one spot in ICC ODI Rankings. Amla, who has been holding the post since 2010 was slipped down with a consistent average and high scores by the young Indian.

The other major change was in bowling department, where Saeed Ajmal reclaimed the number one spot dropping down Ravindra Jadeja and Sunil Naraine.

According to The Daily Times, the other major change in the batting top ten was the rise of Australia captain George Bailey to No. 3, up six places after a series in which he made 478 runs at an average of 95.60 in six innings.

The other big gainer in the bowling top ten is South Africa's Morne Morkel, who also climbed six spots to reach No. 7, the report said.

Ajmal took six wickets in the first two ODIs to move past Jadeja and Narine, according to the report.

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The detailed Ranking from ICC is as follows:

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	V. Kohli	IND	857
2	H.M. Amla	SA	844
3	G.J. Bailey	AUS	835
4	K.C. Sangakkara	SL	829
5	A.B. de Villiers	SA	826
6	M.S. Dhoni	IND	780
7	I.J.L. Trott	ENG	754
8	T.M. Dilshan	SL	746
9	Misbah-ul-Haq	PAK	720
10	S.R. Watson	AUS	708
	Top 100

ICC Player Rankings
Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	768
2	S.P. Narine	WI	733
3	R.A. Jadeja	IND	716
4	S.T. Finn	ENG	708
5	H.M.R.K.B. Herath	SL	699
6	J.M. Anderson	ENG	696
7	M. Morkel	SA	672
8	M.G. Johnson	AUS	670
9	L.L. Tsotsobe	SA	667
10	Mohammad Hafeez	PAK	666
	Top 100

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Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, November 05, 2013