Rohit Sharma is basking in the success of Asia Cup 2018 title win. The 31-year-old Mumbai batsman not only led Team India to victory in the 14th edition of the cricket tournament as captain but also excelled as a batsman. With 317 runs, he was the second-most leading run-scorer of Asia Cup 2018 – a feat that has helped him become World No. 2 in the list of batsmen as per the latest ICC ODI Rankings 2018. Rohit is only behind India’s regular skipper Virat Kohli who continues to remain the best batsman in the world despite missing out in Asia Cup. Among the other notable highlights of MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings is Rashid Khan of Afghanistan displacing Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan as the top-ranked all-rounder.

ICC ODI Player Rankings released on September 30, two days after India beat Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2018 final. This was India’s seventh title win at the flagship Asian cricket event. While Mashrafe Mortaza’s men gave a good fight to India but Rohit’s Men in Blue kept their nerves in check to win the trophy. Sharma’s tremendous form with the bat meant he jumped two spots in the batsmen list to become No. 2 batsman in the limited-overs format. He has 842 points, while Virat remains World No. 1 with 884 points.

Another Indian player who has had massive gains thanks to the good performance at the Asia Cup is Shikhar Dhawan. The opening batsman hit two centuries in the series to emerge the leading scorer with most runs (342) under his belt. With this, Shikhar Dhawan rose four positions to become World No. 5 in ICC ODI Player Rankings. In the bowlers’ rankings, India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan continue to be top two bowlers in the one-day internationals. However, Kuldeep Yadav, young Indian spinner jumped three spots to become the new World No. 3 bowler in ODIs. Asia Cup 2018 Leading Run-Scorers: Shikhar Dhawan Finishes As the Batsmen With Most Runs in Asian Cricket Tournament.

Coming to the all-rounder’s rankings, Rashid Khan replaced Shakib Al Hasan on top. It is another feather in the 20-year-old’s glorious hat. Rashid was incredible in his performance at Asia Cup – he was the leading bowler taking most wickets (10), and he also contributed with bat making 87 runs. Rashid jumped as many as six spots to take over the best all-rounder crown off Shakib’s head who unfortunately had to leave the tournament midway due to injury.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings are - (1) England 127 (2) India 122 (3) New Zealand 112 (4) South Africa 110 (5) Pakistan 101 (6) Australia 100 (7) Bangladesh 92 (8) Sri Lanka 77 (9) West Indies 69 (10) Afganistan 67.

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