Retired Indian Cricketers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Maintain Their Positions on Latest ICC T20I Rankings

Team India stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli bid farewell to the T20I format of the game a couple of months ago following India's victory in the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup final against South Africa. Both players announced that the final match of the T20 World Cup would be their last appearance in this format at the international level.

However, much to fans surprise both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli still figure around the top 50 in the ICC T20I rankings. Former India captain Rohit comes in at 45th position with 499 points and Virat is at 52nd place with 480 points.

Rohit turned out in 159 T20I matches for India, scoring 4,231 runs at an average of 32.05 with 5 hundreds and 32 fifties to his name at a strike-rate of 140.89. While Virat Kohli ended up scoring 4,188 runs in 125 matches with 1 hundred and 38 fifties at an average of 48.69 with a strike-rate of 137.04.

Rohit Sharma Test Ranking: 6
– Virat Kohli Test Ranking: 10
Rohit Sharma ODI Ranking: 3
– Virat Kohli ODI Ranking: 4
Rohit Sharma T20i Ranking: 45
– Virat Kohli T20i Ranking: 52

For the First Time in Last 14 Years, Rohit Sharma ranking is above Virat Kohli in all three formats. pic.twitter.com/lDhVfntTU8

— (@ImAdiRo_) August 8, 2024

Among the Indian cricketers, current T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav – who led India to a 3-0 win over Sri Lanka last month – is at No. 2 position in the ICC T20I ranking with 805 points. The Mumbai Indians batter is only behind Australian opener Travis Head, who leads the table with 844 points.

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is also in the top 5 in the list at No. 4 position with 757 points behind England’s Phil Salt, who is at No. 3 with 797 points. Ruturaj Gaikwad from India rounds off the top 10 and is currently in eighth position with 664 points to his name.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma closes in on Babar Azam at the top of the ODI rankings for batters, while a Sri Lanka opener also makes his move. Openers from India and Sri Lanka have been the big winners after they made good ground near the top of the updated ICC men’s ODI Batter Rankings.

Pakistan’s Babar Azam holds a healthy lead at the head of the list for ODI batters, he has some fresh challenges in the form of India skipper Rohit Sharma and Sri Lanka right-hander Pathum Nissanka. Rohit overtakes teammate Shubman Gill and rises one place to second behind Babar on the back of his series-best 157 runs against Sri Lanka, while Nissanka also gains a spot to move to eighth following his 101 runs from the same series.

Sri Lanka broke a 27-year drought by defeating India for the first time since 1997 during that ODI series, with Kusal Mendis (up five spots to equal 39th) and Avishka Fernando (up 20 places to 68th) also making some gains on the latest list for 50-over batters.