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Virat Kohli Becomes The First Indian To Reach This Great Milestone

Divesh GillBy Divesh Gill20/02/2018Updated:09/02/2023No Comments3 Mins Read

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.

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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.

Virat Kohli Becomes The First Indian To Reach This Great Milestone

 

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.

Virat Kohli Becomes The First Indian To Reach This Great Milestone
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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

Virat Kohli Becomes The First Indian To Reach This Great Milestone

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.

ICC ODI Team Rankings

RankTeamMatchesPointsRating
1India627595123
2South Africa596912117
3England596871116
4New Zealand576550115
5Australia576376112
6Pakistan51487796
7Bangladesh39351890
8Sri Lanka72606384
9West Indies43326076
10Afghanistan38210255

ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings

RankNameTeamRating
1V. KohliIND909
2A.B. de VilliersSA844
3D.A. WarnerAUS823
4Babar AzamPAK813
5J.E. RootENG808
6R.G. SharmaIND799
7Q. de KockSA783
8F. du PlessisSA782
9K.S. WilliamsonNZ777
10S DhawanIND769

ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings

RankNameTeamRating
1J.J. BumrahIND787
1Rashid KhanAFG787
3T.A. BoultNZ729
4J.R. HazlewoodAUS714
5Hasan AliPAK711
6Imran TahirSA683
7K. RabadaSA679
8Y.S. ChahalIND667
9M.J. SantnerNZ662
10M.A. StarcAUS658

ICC ODI All-Rounders Rankings

RankNameTeamRating
1Shakib Al HasanBAN360
2Mohammad HafeezPAK339
3Mohammad NabiAFG332
4Rashid KhanAFG311
5A.D. MathewsSL306
6C.R. WoakesENG302
7J.O. HolderWI282
8B.A. StokesENG278
9M.R. MarshAUS274
10Moeen AliENG268
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