Varun Chakravarthy jumps 143 places, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel also benefit in ODI rankings
ICC ODI Rankings Updates: Varun has entered the top 100 and secured the 96th position. He has 371 rating points. Varun Chakravarthy has played 2 matches so far in the Champions Trophy 2025, taking 7 wickets. He took 5 wickets in the match against New Zealand. He took 2 wickets in the semi-final against Australia.
The new ODI rankings were made available to the public by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. The performances of the Indian cricketers during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 served them well. The fast bowler Mohammed Shami has risen to 11th place with 609 rating points. Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has risen to 143 positions.
Varun has climbed to the top 100 and has occupied the 96th place. He has 371 rating points. Varun Chakravarthy has played 2 matches in the Champions Trophy 2025 to date and has taken 7 wickets. He has taken 5 wickets in the match played against New Zealand. He has taken 2 wickets in the semi-final played against Australia.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has also climbed 13 positions to 19th place with 562 rating points. Axar Patel has climbed 7 positions to 40th place with 499 rating points. Emerging talent from Afghanistan Azmatullah Umarzai has concluded his brilliant campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy by topping the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings.
At just 25 years of age, Umarzai has overtaken his fellow veteran Mohammad Nabi to take the No. 1 position, reflecting his stellar performance on the international stage. Umarzai's all-round performance in the Champions Trophy, which included his first five-wicket haul against England and a crucial half-century against Australia, took him to the top with a career-high 296 rating points. His impact was not restricted to the all-rounder charts – he also jumped 12 spots to 24th in the batting rankings after scoring 126 runs in the tournament.
India's Axar Patel made another notable improvement in the all-rounder category, jumping 17 spots to 13th spot, registering a career-best 194 rating points. India opener Shubman Gill remains at No. 1 in the ODI batsmen's rankings while his teammate Virat Kohli has moved up to the fourth spot after being named Player of the Match against Australia in the Champions Trophy semi-final in Dubai.
The latest update of the ICC rankings also saw significant changes among batsmen. Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran, who hit a sensational 177 against England in Lahore, climbed 13 spots to enter the top 10 at 10th position (676 rating points). Another high-profile veteran Kiwi Kane Williamson also made it to the 29th spot, climbing eight spots.
In the bowling department, New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has been rewarded for his excellent performance. He has climbed three places to reach the third position (649 rating points). He is only behind Sri Lanka's Mahesh Theekshana and South Africa's Keshav Maharaj. India's Mohammed Shami has also continued his performance. He has climbed three places to reach the 11th position. South Africa's Marco Jansen (up nine places to 18th position) is the other Indian bowler.
