India captain Virat Kohli held onto his no.2 batting ranking in the latest ICC ODI players rankings released on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Babar Azam of Pakistan continues to remain no.1 in ODI batting rankings.
Apart from Virat, Rohit Sharma has also maintained his no.3 spot in ODI batting rankings, while Jasprit Bumrah has also maintained his fifth slot in the ODI Bowling Rankings.
The biggest gainers in the latest ODI players’ rankings are Sri Lanka captain Kusal Perera and bowler Dushmantha Chameera. Though Sri Lanka might have lost their first-ever ODI series to Bangladesh, they enjoyed a 97-run win in the third ODI, where Kusal Perera and Chameera shined respectively.
Chameera's career-best haul of five for 16, which won him the Player of the Match award, has also helped him advance 27 slots to a career-best 33rd position.
While, Perera hit his sixth ODI century, which lifted him 13 places to 42nd place in the weekly update to the men's rankings, which is carried out on Wednesdays. This is only one place shy of the left-handed batsman's career-best ranking of 41st achieved in June 2016.
For Bangladesh, who won the series 2-1, Mahmudullah's knock of 53 sees him advance two slots to 36th position Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed, who grabbed four for 46, has progressed 12 places to 88th position.
(ANI inputs)
