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Virat Kohli loses the top spot in ICC ODI batsman rankings to RCB teammate AB de Villiers

Virat Kohli lost the top spot by just 2 points. Rohit Sharma's rank dropped as well in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings

Virat Kohli has been dethroned from No 1 ICC ODI batsman ranking by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate AB de Villiers. Though Team India is playing splendidly, Kohli has had a bumpy road as he could only score big in one match in the recently concluded India vs Australia series. De Villiers, on the other hand, made an emphatic comeback scoring 176 runs off 104 balls against Bangladesh in the second ODI. De Villiers is just 2 points ahead of Kohli and jumped two spots to become the No 1 batsman in ICC ODI rankings. He surpassed Kohli and Australian opener David Warner to get to the top spot.

The ICC ODI batsman rankings might witness a shuffle in the coming days as De Villiers and Kohli both have more ODIs to play. With ODI series against New Zealand starting October 22, Kohli has every chance of regaining the top spot.

A surprise inclusion in the top five is of Pakistan’s Babar Azam after he achieved career-best ratings to get to the fourth spot. Rohit Sharma lost two positions as well moving to the 5th position as Quinton de Kock and Azam climbed up the list and on the flip side, MS Dhoni and Shikhar Dhawan retained the 12th and 14th position. There was one major change in the rankings as Mushfiqur Rahim took a giant leap forward jumping 5 spots after becoming the first Bangladesh batsman to score a century in South Africa.

BREAKING: @ABdeVilliers17 and @RealHa55an move to the top of @MRFWorldwide ODI Rankings!https://t.co/mZH3or71W8 pic.twitter.com/ExDlUvGTEF

— ICC (@ICC) October 20, 2017

Here are the top 20 batsmen in ICC ODI rankings –

Rank  (+/-)       Player                   Team    Points    Avg.      Highest Rating

1           (+2)         AB de Villiers        SA           879        54.25      902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

2           (-1)          Virat Kohli             Ind          877        55.13      887 v Aus at Kolkata 2017

3           (-1)          David Warner        Aus         865        44.94      880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

4           (+2)         Babar Azam          Pak         833*       56.30      833 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2017

5         (+3)         de Kock                  SA           802        45.52      805 v Ban at Kimberly 2017

5          (-1)          Joe Root                Eng         802        50.00      808 v Win at Bristol 2017

7           (-2)          Rohit Sharma       Ind          790        44.03      790 v Aus at Nagpur 2017

8           (-1)          Kane Williamson NZ           779        46.98      798 v SA at Centurion 2015

9           (+2)         Hashim Amla       SA           770        51.25      901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

10         (-1)          Faf du Plessis      SA           754        42.96      791 v SL at Cape Town 2017

11         (-1)          Martin Guptill        NZ           749        43.30      789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

12         ( – )          MS Dhoni              Ind          738        51.90      836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

13         ( – )          Steve Smith          Aus         728        43.23      752 v Pak at Sydney 2017

14         ( – )          Shikhar Dhawan  Ind          715        44.45      794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

15         ( – )          Ross Taylor           NZ           707        44.12      743 v Zim at Harare 2015

16         ( – )          Tamim Iqbal         Ban         680        34.32      688 v Aus at The Oval 2017

17         ( – )          Aaron Finch          Aus         674        36.56      743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015

18         (+5)         Mushfiqur Rahim Ban         667        33.10      671 v Zim at Mirpur 2015

19         (-1)          Alex Hales            Eng         660        37.89      705 v NZ at Cardiff 2017

20         (-1)          Eoin Morgan         Eng         650        38.16      690 v Aus at The Oval 2010