Shock to Kohli, snatched away the number-1 crown; Darryl Mitchell becomes the new ‘King’ – News Himachali News Himachali

ICC Men’s ODI Rankings 2026: There has been a major reshuffle in the latest ODI rankings released by ICC. New Zealand’s star batsman Darryl Mitchell has snatched the number-1 crown of ICC ODI batsmen rankings from Virat Kohli.

The Kiwi team won the three-match ODI series played between India and New Zealand by 2-1.

New Zealand’s Darryl Mitchell played an important role in winning this series, who scored an unbeaten inning of 131 runs in Rajkot and 137 runs in the second ODI played in Indore. He has been rewarded for these innings in the ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings. Daryl Mitchell has reached number-1 with 845 ratings, while King Kohli slipped to second position. Not only Kohli, but Rohit Sharma has also suffered the loss of one place.

ICC ODI Rankings Update: Darryl Mitchell snatches the number 1 crown from Kohli

Actually, after the first ODI match played between India vs New Zealand, Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli icc odi rankings) had achieved the number-1 position in the ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings by defeating Rohit Sharma, but after the end of the ODI series, Kohli lost the number-1 position in the latest ICC rankings. New Zealand star Darryl Mitchell has achieved the number-1 crown by playing century innings in two consecutive ODI matches.

Darryl Mitchell with 845 ranking points pushed Virat Kohli (795 points) to second place. This was the second time in the ICC ODI rankings that Darryl Mitchell achieved the number-1 position. Earlier in November 2025, he remained at number-1 for 3 days. The number-1 chair was later snatched away from him by Rohit Sharma.

Glenn Phillips took a long jump

In the ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings, after Mitchell and Kohli, Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran (764 rating points) is at number-3 and Indian veteran Rohit Sharma slipped by one place to fourth position with 757 rating points.

Not only this, Glenn Phillips, who scored 106 runs on 88 balls in the third ODI against India, jumped 16 places and has reached 20th position. Phillips helped the team score a big score by making a partnership of 219 runs with Darryl Mitchell. Phillips also moved up 14 places to join Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai at 31st in the ODI all-rounders rankings.

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1. Darryl Mitchell: 845 rating

2. Virat Kohli: 795 rating

3. Ibrahim Zadran: 764 rating

4. Rohit Sharma: 757 rating

5. Shubhman Gill: 723 rating

6. Babar Azam: 722 rating

7. Harry Tector: 708 Rating

8.Shai Hope- 701 Rating

9.Charith Asalanka- 690 Rating

10. KL Rahul- 670 rating

ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings: Michael Bracewell benefits

New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell has gained 6 places to reach 33rd position in the ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings. Afghanistan’s star Rashid Khan remains at the top, while England’s Joffra Archer is at second position with 670 rating. Sri Lanka’s Mahish Teekshana has moved up one place to third, while South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj and Namibia’s Bernard Scholtz have also moved up one place to fourth and fifth respectively.

At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav has suffered a loss of four places. He has slipped to 7th position, while Mohammad Siraj gained one place and reached 14th position. Jadeja has lost 4 places and is at 25th position, while Mohammed Shami is at 26th position with a loss of 2 places.

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ICC Men’s ODI All-Rounders Rankings

Axar Patel has fallen out of the top-10 in the ICC Men’s ODI All-Rounders Rankings. He has slipped to 11th position with 203 rating, while Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai is at the top among all-rounders with 334 rating.

Full list of ICC Men’s AllRounders Rankings

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