Indian captain Virat Kohli on Monday returned to the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen after logging career-high rating points, going past the iconic Sachin Tendulkar in the process.
Kohli has moved back to the top within 10 days of losing it to South Africa batsman AB de Villiers after the rankings were updated following India's 2-1 home series win over against New Zealand.
The 28-year-old Delhi batsman, who scored 263 runs in the series, has reached 889 points, which is the best ever by an India batsman.
India opener Rohit Sharma's 174 runs in the series has seen him reach a career-high rating of 799 points, even though he remains in seventh position.
Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has risen one place to 11th in the latest rankings.
The list for bowlers continues to be led by Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali while India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third after finishing with six wickets in the series against New Zealand.
India's 2-1 win over New Zealand was not enough for them to overtake South Africa, who hold the top ranking at 121 points, ahead of India by two points.
Mithali also gets to top
India captain Mithali Raj on Monday moved up one place to occupy the number one spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batswomen.
Ellyse Perry of Australia and Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand also jumped one place each to be at second and third spots while Meg lanning of Australia has dropped from first to fourth after missing the series against England due to injury.
Mithali has 753 points, while Perry and Satterthwaite are on 725 and 720 points respectively. Among women bowlers, Jhulan Goswami remained on second spot with 652 rating points, behind Marizanne Kapp (656) of South Africa.
Meanwhile, defending champion Australia's 2-1 victory over England in the ICC Women's Championship series has helped regain the top spot in the women's team rankings.
England had displaced Australia from the top spot for the first time after the annual update earlier this month,
Starting the series ahead on decimal points with both teams on locked at the figure of 128, Australia won to go up to 129 points .
Teams get two points for each win, one point for a tie or no-result and no points for a loss in the ICC Women's Championship. As a result of this system of rankings, ICC Women's World Cup 2021 hosts New Zealand and the three other top teams will gain direct qualification to the pinnacle women's 50-over event. The remaining four sides will get a second chance through the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier event.
India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri lanka and the West Indies are the other sides in the ICC Women's Championship, which runs till 2020.