ICC ODI rankings: AB de Villiers reclaims top spot while Virat Kohli remains at No.3

New Delhi: Indian skipper Virat Kohli remained at No.3 on ICC's Player Rankings of ODI batsman released on Friday. Next on the list follows Rohit Sharma (12th) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (13th), who too remain unchanged, however, Shikhar Dhawan dropped down to the 15th spot.South Africa's batsman AB de Villiers reconqured the position of 'No. 1 ODI batsman' in ICC's Player Rankings of ODI batsman, following his clinical performance in the recent ODI series against New Zealand.

Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	A.B. de Villiers	SA	875
2	D.A. Warner	AUS	871
3	V. Kohli	IND	852
4	J.E. Root	ENG	787
5	F. du Plessis	SA	781
6	Q. de Kock	SA	780
7	M.J. Guptill	NZ	777
8	K.S. Williamson	NZ	758
9	Babar Azam	PAK	733
9	S.P.D. Smith	AUS	733

Scoring a total of 262 runs in the series against the Kiwis helped AB surpass Aussie opener David Warner to finish top, a position he had lost two months back to Indian skipper Virat Kohli. He now has 875 points, which is four more than the Australian and 23 more than Kohli.Following their Carribean tour, England batsmen Joe Root and Alex Hales reached their career best rankings of four and 16 respectively.

On the bowler's list, South Africa's Imran Tahir remains at No.1 followed by Sunil Narine of West Indies. Tahir's team-mate, Kagiso Rabada is the new entrant into the top-five spot. For India, Akshar Patel seemed to be best-ranked with his position at No.11.

Rank	Name	Country	Rating
1	Imran Tahir	SA	750
2	S.P. Narine	WI	700
2	M.A. Starc	AUS	700
4	T.A. Boult	NZ	697
5	K. Rabada	SA	686
6	J.R. Hazlewood	AUS	684
7	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	653
8	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	643
9	C.R. Woakes	ENG	636
10	M.J. Henry	NZ	619

The rankings have taken into account, 15 ODIs including West Indies' 3-0 loss to England, Afghanistan's 3-2 win over Zimbabwe and Ireland's 2-0 verdict over the United Arab Emirates.

(with inputs from PTI)