Virat and Rohit’s performance vs South Africa<\/p>\n
Kohli was awarded Player of the Series\u00a0after piling up 302 runs across the three matches, including two consecutive centuries in the first two matches and a match-winning half-century in the second. On the other hand, Rohit, who is at number one in the tally, amassed\u00a0146 runs during the series, enough for him to keep hold of the top ranking, though Kohli is now only eight rating points behind after finishing with an unbeaten 65 in the final match in Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\n
Kohli wasn\u2019t the only Indian player to rise this week. KL Rahul also made notable progress, moving up two spots to 12th among ODI batters. Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav jumped three places to third in the ODI bowlers\u2019 rankings.<\/p>\n
Apart from the Indian players, South Africa stars\u00a0also improved their standings despite losing the high-scoring series 2\u20131. Quinton de Kock climbed three places to 13th, Aiden Markram moved up four spots to 25th, and Temba Bavuma rose three to 37th among ODI batters.<\/p>\n
ICC ODI rankings for December 2025<\/p>\n
Rank
\n\t\t\tPlayer
\n\t\t\tCountry
\n\t\t\tRating
\n\t\t\tCareer Best
\n\t\t1
\n\t\t\tRohit Sharma
\n\t\t\tIndia
\n\t\t\t781
\n\t\t\t882 v Sri Lanka at Headingley 2019
\n\t\t2
\n\t\t\tVirat Kohli
\n\t\t\tIndia
\n\t\t\t773
\n\t\t\t909 v England at Headingley 2018
\n\t\t3
\n\t\t\tDaryl Mitchell
\n\t\t\tNew Zealand
\n\t\t\t766
\n\t\t\t782 v West Indies at Christchurch 2025
\n\t\t4
\n\t\t\tIbrahim Zadran
\n\t\t\tAfghanistan
\n\t\t\t764
\n\t\t\t764 v Bangladesh at Abu Dhabi 2025
\n\t\t5
\n\t\t\tShubman Gill
\n\t\t\tIndia
\n\t\t\t723
\n\t\t\t847 v Australia at Indore 2023
\n\t\t6
\n\t\t\tBabar Azam
\n\t\t\tPakistan
\n\t\t\t722
\n\t\t\t898 v West Indies at Multan 2022
\n\t\t7
\n\t\t\tHarry Tector
\n\t\t\tIreland
\n\t\t\t708
\n\t\t\t767 v Afghanistan at Sharjah 2024
\n\t\t8
\n\t\t\tShai Hope
\n\t\t\tWest Indies
\n\t\t\t701
\n\t\t\t802 v Bangladesh at Malahide 2019
\n\t\t9
\n\t\t\tCharith Asalanka
\n\t\t\tSri Lanka
\n\t\t\t690
\n\t\t\t725 v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS) 2025
\n\t\t10
\n\t\t\tShreyas Iyer
\n\t\t\tIndia
\n\t\t\t679
\n\t\t\t710 v New Zealand at Mumbai 2023
\n\t\t11
\n\t\t\tTravis Head
\n\t\t\tAustralia
\n\t\t\t653
\n\t\t\t697 v England at Trent Bridge 2024
\n\t\t12
\n\t\t\tKL Rahul
\n\t\t\tIndia
\n\t\t\t649
\n\t\t\t675 v South Africa at Gqeberha 2023
\n\t\t13
\n\t\t\tQuinton de Kock
\n\t\t\tSouth Africa
\n\t\t\t646
\n\t\t\t808 v Sri Lanka at Gqeberha 2019
\n\t\t14
\n\t\t\tRachin Ravindra
\n\t\t\tNew Zealand
\n\t\t\t645
\n\t\t\t652 v West Indies at Napier 2025
\n\t\t15
\n\t\t\tPathum Nissanka
\n\t\t\tSri Lanka
\n\t\t\t639
\n\t\t\t728 v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2024
\n\t\t16
\n\t\t\tKusal Mendis
\n\t\t\tSri Lanka
\n\t\t\t638
\n\t\t\t669 v Bangladesh at Pallekele 2025
\n\t\t17
\n\t\t\tSalman Agha
\n\t\t\tPakistan
\n\t\t\t631
\n\t\t\t639 v Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi 2025
\n\t\t18
\n\t\t\tRahmanullah Gurbaz
\n\t\t\tAfghanistan
\n\t\t\t626
\n\t\t\t686 v Bangladesh at Sharjah 2024
\n\t\t19
\n\t\t\tPaul Stirling
\n\t\t\tIreland
\n\t\t\t625
\n\t\t\t698 v Netherlands at Utrecht 2021
\n\t\t20
\n\t\t\tSikandar Raza
\n\t\t\tZimbabwe
\n\t\t\t602
\n\t\t\t627 v India at Harare 2022
\n\t\tRohit and Virat’s upcoming outing<\/p>\n
Rohit and Virat will now be seen in action during India’s next ODI assignment against New Zealand, which will take place next year in January.\u00a0With Rohit and Kohli so close in the rankings, the upcoming series will be closely watched as the two continue their battle for the No.1 position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virat and Rohit’s performance vs South Africa Kohli was awarded Player of the Series\u00a0after piling up 302 runs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,80983,123497,41013,54303,123493,123492,123496,123499,41016,123494,123498,18856,123495,101,27679,56,54,55,15624,123500],"class_list":["post-309347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-daryl-mitchell","tag-icc-cricket-news","tag-icc-odi-rankings","tag-icc-rankings","tag-india-cricket-rankings","tag-kohli-no-2-ranking","tag-kohli-sa-heroics","tag-kohli-vs-rohit","tag-latest-icc-rankings","tag-odi-batsmen-rankings","tag-odi-standings","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-south-africa-series","tag-sports","tag-team-india","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virat-kohli","tag-virat-kohli-odi-rankings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}