Virat Kohli on 3 November 2013 became the
number 1 batsman in one day International cricket rankings after scoring 344
runs in the series against Australia, that India won by 3-2. In the series
Kohli scored 61 in Pune, 100 in Naipur, 68 in Mohali, 115 in Nagpur and 0 in Bengaluru
at an average of 114.66.
The
344 runs in the series gave 38 rating points to him, which helped him to jump
three points to top in the ICC ranking tables. He achieved the top position on
the ODI rankings for the first time. He also became the third Indian to hold number
1 position after Sachin
Tendulkar in 1996 and MS Dhoni in 2006.
Tendulkar claimed
the number 1 position for the first time from Brain Lara in February 1996 and for the last time he
achieved the position in March 2008. Dhoni reached the number 1 position for
the first time from Ricky Pointing in April 2006 and for the last time in July
2010.
In the latest
list released by the ICC, the other players who changed their rankings were
George Bailey, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma. The captain of Australia during
the series against India skipped six places and claimed third position in rankings released. This was the first time for
Bailey in the career to achieve the third position.
Shikhar Dhawan
broke into the top 20 list for the first time by jumping 12 places to stand at
11th ranking in the list. Rohit Sharma achieved 15th position in the rankings list after scoring 491 runs at an
average of 122.75, which includes the score of 209 runs in the final. Rohit
Sharma became the fifth batsman to feature inside top
20 along with Kohli (first position), MS Dhoni (sixth position), Dhawan
(eleventh position) and Suresh Raina (nineteenth position).
