Virat Kohli's individual brilliance during India's disastrous show in the lost ODI series against New Zealand has helped the young batsman inch closer to the top spot in the latest ICC rankings issued today. India were drubbed 0-4 in the series which concluded yesterday but Kohli, placed second in the rankings right now, stood out by contributing 291 runs in the five-match affair.
That performance fetched him 11 ratings points in the ICC list, taking his overall tally to 870, just two points behind number-one ranked AB de Villiers. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the nest best-placed Indian batsman at sixth in the list, followed by Shikhar Dhawan, who slipped a rung to 11th after an indifferent outing against New Zealand. In the bowling charts, Ravindra Jadeja is the highest-placed Indian at ninth spot, which is a loss of three positions. Meanwhile, Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson have made impressive gains in the rankings for batsmen. Taylor, named Player of the Match in the final ODI at Wellington yesterday, jumped six places to return to the top 10, and now sits in 10th place. Taylor was the second highest run-getter in the series with 343 runs from five matches. Williamson ended as the highest run-getter in the series with 361 runs, and has risen 20 places to a best-ever ranking of 11th with 688 ratings points, only 25 ratings points behind Taylor. Williamson shares the 11th position with Dhawan.
