Sports Desk, Amar Ujala, Dubai
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated to Wednesday, 27 October 2021 03:36 PM IST
Summary
In the latest ICC rankings, Virat Kohli is fifth and Lokesh Rahul is eighth. On the other hand, David Malan of England is in the first position and Babur Azam of Pakistan is in the second position.

The two Indian batsmen in the top ten in the ICC rankings are Virat and Rahul.
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Indian players have also lost in the ICC rankings due to poor performance against Pakistan. Captain Virat Kohli slipped one place to fifth. Meanwhile, Lokesh Rahul’s ranking slipped two places to eighth. South African Aiden Markram jumped eight places to third. He scored 40 not out against Australia and 51 not out against the West Indies.
In the ICC T20 batsmen’s rankings released on Wednesday, England’s David Malan remain at number one and Pakistan’s Babur Azam at number two. Apart from this, Rahmatullah Gurbaj from Afghanistan also moved up nine places to 12th in his career.