Gill pushes down Babar to claim ODI top rank
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Shubman Gill
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Pakistan batter Babar Azam's reign as the No.1 ODI batter in the world is over as India young gun Shubman Gill claiming the top spot from Babar on the latest ICC Men's ODI batting rankings.
After a strong start to India's World Cup campaign, Gill overtakes Babar to take the top spot.
In the process, he becomes just the fourth player from his country to hold the No. 1 ODI batter rating, behind Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Sachin Tendulkar.
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Over the past week, the right-hander has scored 219 runs from six innings in the competition, including scores of 92 against Sri Lanka and 23 against South Africa.
Babar has totalled 282 runs from eight knocks at the World Cup and drops six rating points below Gill into second place as his reign of more than two years as the No.1 ranked ODI batter in the world comes to an end.
The rise of Gill to the top and the big jump of former captain Kohli to fourth on the latest ODI batter rankings comes on a massive day for India, who also had fast bowler Mohammed Siraj climb to the top of the list for ODI bowlers on the back of his 10 wickets at the World Cup.
