India's batting maestro Virat Kohli held on to the number two position in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen released in Dubai on Monday, while Rohit Sharma dropped a place to seventh. Root is one of the four England batsmen to make upward movement following a 4-1 series win over Pakistan. Sarfraz had a productive series with the bat when he scored 55, 105, 38, 12 and 90 in the series. The next highest Pakistan batsman is Shoaib Malik in 67th spot. AB de Villiers of South Africa is the number-one ranked ODI batsman, and he is followed by India s Virat Kohli and team-mate Hashim Amla, in second and third positions, respectively.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 13:30 UTC