Virat Kohli Becomes The First Indian To Reach This Great Milestone

Virat Kohli is unstoppable at this point in time and he’s smashed almost every batting record like a king. Milestones have become synonymous to Kohli’s name and he’s going in stature with every match. Here comes yet another milestone Kohli’s way and this is the first ever achieved by an Indian.

Kohli becomes first Indian to go past 900 ratings

The Indian captain has retained his first spot in the latest ODI rankings but that’s not only. Virat Kohli now has ratings of 909 in ODI rankings as published by ICC. Virat Kohli is now the only Indian to ever go past 900 points in ICC ratings.

The last time someone crossed 900 points in ICC ODI rankings was 27 years ago. Yes, you heard it right! Last time a batsman crossed 900 points in ICC ratings was in 1991 and it was Dean Jones.

Virat Kohli (909) has become the first India batsman to go above the 900 ratings mark in the ICC ODI Rankings.

Also the highest ratings achieved by any batsman in the last 27 years. That is since Dean Jones in 1991. #KingKohli

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) February 20, 2018

So, The 29 year old stalwart batsman has done what no one could do in the last 27 years and it’s a matter of tremendous pride for every Indian.

In the One Day series that just concluded, Kohli scored 558 runs from just 6 innings which is just exceptional. He averaged 186 in the series and decimated South Africa in their own backyard.

Shikhar Dhawan Too In The Top 10

Dhawan too has been in tremendous form and has taken the last spot in the top 10 ICC rankings for batsmen in ODIs. With ratings of 769 Dhawan is 10th on the list while Rohit Sharma is 6th with ratings of 799 points.

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