Rohit Sharma back on fifth position ranking as India opener, while spinner Axar Patel clinched his career-best seventh rank on 2nd October while skipper Virat Kohli held on to the number one position in the latest ICC ODI rankings.

After finishing as the leading scorer in the home series against Australia which India won 4-1. Rohit’s 296 runs in the series, which included a 125 in the last match in Nagpur, Rohit moved up four places to reach the fifth position with his significant contribution to India’s convincing victory over the world champions that helped the home side grab the No.1 position in the team rankings.

Rohit has achieved his career-best rating points that is 790 but his highest ranking was third, which he attained in February 2016, the ICC said in a statement.

Ajinkya Rahane opening partner of Rohit’s has moved up four places to reach 24th while Australia’s opening pair of Aaron Finch and David Warner also moved up.

Finch gained nine slots to reach 17th while Warner has closed in on Kohli, bridging the pre-series gap of 26 points to just 12 as he has moved to 865 points.

In other movements, India’s left-arm spinner Axar Patel has reached a career-best seventh after moving up three places while wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (up 24 places to 75th) and Kuldeep Yadav (up nine places to 80th) have also moved northwards.

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