Virat Kohli’s entry into Forbes highest valued Sport person is not without hard work. The man has medias touch and everything he touches of late ends up breaking some sort of record. This time it is that of the ICC Rankings for batsmen in one-day international (ODI) cricket with career-high rating points of 889 – the score that helped him break the Indian record held by Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar jointly at 887 points.
The latest rankings update takes into account India’s home series against New Zealand, the last match of the South Africa-Bangladesh series and the last two matches of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series.
The 28-year-old Delhi batsman scored 263 runs in the series against New Zealand, including knocks of 121 in the first ODI in Mumbai and 113 in the final ODI in Kanpur.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is up one place to 11th, while New Zealand batsman Tom Latham’s good show in the series has seen him jump 15 places to a career-best 23rd.
The list for bowlers continues to be led by Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali while India speedster Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third position after finishing with six wickets in the series against New Zealand.
India’s 2-1 win over New Zealand, however, was not enough for them to overtake South Africa, who continue to hold the top ranking in the ICC ODI Team Rankings at 121 points, ahead of India by two points.
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