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Mitchell topples Rohit from No.1 position in ODI batting rankings
The Statesman Siliguri
|November 20, 2025
India’s grip on the ODI batting charts loosened this week as Rohit Sharma slipped to No. 2, with New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell taking over as the new No. 1 in the latest ICC rankings.
Mitchell’s rise, only the second time a New Zealand batter has ever topped the list after Glenn Turner in 1979, came on the back of his seventh ODI century against the West Indies. The innings, however, ended with a self-inflicted injury that ruled him out of the remainder of the series.
Fellow New Zealanders Martin Crowe, Andrew Jones, Roger Twose, Nathan Astle, Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, and Ross Taylor all spent time inside the top five of the ODI batter rankings during their illustrious careers, but only Turner and now Mitchell have ever held the No.1 spot.
This story is from the November 20, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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