ICC updates ranking – Virat gets 900+ points in all three formats
ICC updated the T20 ranking system on Wednesday. With this, Virat Kohli, who retired from this format in 2024, made a unique record. He became the first cricketer in the world to achieve more than 900 rating points in all three formats.
Virat’s best rating points in T20 were 897, which have now increased to 909. He achieved these points in 2014, which increased after the ranking system was updated. Virat has achieved 937 rating points in Tests and 909 rating points in ODIs in 2018.
Virat also said goodbye to Test cricket on 12 May this year. He did not retire from ODIs, in whose batting ranking he is currently at number four.
Achieved the third best rating in T20 history
On 29 June 2024, Virat scored 76 runs against South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup. The team won, after which Virat retired from T20. ICC makes some changes in its ranking system every year. This brings a slight change in the ranking of many players. With this, Virat’s points increased from 897 to 909, due to which he created a record of 900 plus rating points even in the shortest format.
Virat had 897 rating points on 7 September 2014. Kohli has also been the number-1 batsman for 1202 consecutive days in this format. After achieving 909 points, he became the third batsman to achieve the best rating points in T20 history. England’s David Malan is at first place with 919 points and India’s Suryakumar Yadav is at second place with 912 rating points.
Became number-1 in all three formats simultaneously in 2018
Virat Kohli became the number-1 batsman in the Test format for the first time in 2018. Then he had scored 593 runs in England. After this tour, Virat became the number 1 Test batsman with 937 points. During this time, Virat also got 909 rating points in ODIs.
During his best form in 2018, Virat also made a record of being the number 1 ranked batsman in all three formats simultaneously. Apart from Kohli, only former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been the number 1 batsman in all three formats at one time. Apart from these 2, only Australia’s Matthew Hayden and India’s Jasprit Bumrah could become the number-1 player in all three formats. However, Hayden and Bumrah became the number-1 player in all three formats at different times.
