India openers Rohit Sharma an♍d Shikha𝄹r Dhawan have made important gains in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings after the Asia Cup 2018 in the United Arab Emirates, which their side lifted by winning the last-ball thriller against Bangladesh.
Rohit, who led the team in the absence of Virat Kohli, has shot up two places to a cꦡareer-best second position to make it a 1-2 for India in the batting rankings. This is for the second time that Rohit is i🐟n second position, having first reached number two in July this year.
Rohit clubbed 317 runs while Shikhar topped the tournament with 342 runs to gain four slots and reach🎉 fifth position.
Apart frܫom Rohit and Dhawan, spinner Kuldeep Yadav gained three places to reach his career-best third place after 🌠he finished as the joint-highest wicket taker in the Asia Cup. Kuldeep, with 10 wickets, shared the honours with Bangladesh quick Mustafizur Rahman and Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan.
Also, Rashid displaced former Bang🌱ladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan to become the top-ranked all-rounders in 🐬ODIs while he continued to be second to Jasprit Bumrah in the ODI rankings for bowlers.
Here are the ODI rankings of players as on September 30,2018:
