Virat Kohli becomes highest rated Indian batsman in ODIs breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record!

Virat Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli now breaks another Sachin Tendulkar record after his stellar-run in the 6-ODI series against South Africa. Kohli aggregated 558 runs in the series against South Africa— the most by a batsman in a bilateral ODI series. This includes three centuries as well.Following such tremendous performances with bat and as captain, Kohli breaks 900 point barrier in ICC ODI batting rankings. He becomes the first Indian to earn more than 900 points in the ranking; breaking previous best by an Indian of Tendulkar of 887.

Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar reached his best of 887 points after hammering 124 not out against Zimbabwe during the Sharjah Cup of 1998. Tendulkar scored 124 not out of team’s score of 197 without any wicket while chasing. Moreover, it was the final match of the tournament and Tendulkar amassed a total of 274 runs from 5 games in that series at 91.33 with the strike-rate of 109.6. However, Tendulkar now stands at 15th on the all-time list of highest ODI batting rankings.

Viv Richards

The overall record for highest ODI batting ranking is of 935, which is held by the great West Indies batsman Viv Richards. He attained this point after scoring 66 off just 39, including 5 fours and 4 sixes during the 3rd ODI of the series against Pakistan at Peshawar on December 2, 1985.Richards’ blitz helped West Indies post 201-5 in 40 overs in that match and clinch the victory by 40 runs later; courtesy Michael Holding’s 4-fer and Malcolm Marshal’s 3 scalps.

AB de Villiers

South Africa’s AB de Villiers is the only active batsman in the list who is after Kohli in this list with 902 points and is at 9th in the list.De Villiers achieved this height after the semi-final match of World Cup 2015. He led the team by example by scoring 65 not out off 45 in that crucial match but ended in a heart-breaking manner as South Africa lost by 4 wickets and also loses another chance to reach the final of a World Cup tournament.Moreover, de Villiers current rating is 844 — 2nd in ICC ODI batting rankings after Kohli (909).