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Indian cricket star Virat Kohli received a significant reward for his heroic innings against Pakistan on Sunday in the ongoing 2025 Champions Trophy. Following the latest update to the ICC Men's Player Rankings, he returned back into the top 5 among ODI batters. In the mean time, Shubman Gill remained at the top spot.
Kohli achieved his 51st ODI century on Sunday, 4th against Pakistan & a first in the Champions Trophy as India secured a 6-wicket victory to seal their semifinal spot in the Champions Trophy.
After scoring an unbeaten rank of 100, Kohli moved up one place on the latest rankings for ODI batters to the fifth position. Kohli's ranking improvement meant that 3 Indian batters are now in the top five of the ICC ODI batting rankings, with Gill holding the top spot and captain Rohit Sharma still at No. 3, following their impressive performances in the current ICC tournament.
Gill, who scored a century against Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy opener to dethrone Pakistan's Babar Azam & reclaim the Number one spot for the second time in his career, increased his lead over the latter by 47 rating points. Babar remained at No. 2 despite of his poor start to the tournament, but has been put on high alert by Rohit, who trails him by just thirteen rating points.
Other notable movements on the batting chart also include New Zealand's Will Young (up 8 places to 14th) and Tom Latham (up 11 places to 30th), who made gains after scoring centuries against Pakistan, while Rachin Ravindra's100 against Bangladesh saw him move up 18 places to 24th. Glenn Phillips an another Kiwi batter has gained 12 places to 28th position.
In the bowling rankings, Keshav Maharaj & Matt Henry broke into the top 5 while Adam Zampa entered into 10th position after taking 2 wickets against England in their thrilling Group B match.