Dubai: Shubman Gill led the Indian cricket team to win the ODI series against Afghanistan. Gill himself performed brilliantly in the series. Shatran also laughed. He also received the award. The Indian captain came second in the One Day Ranking (ICC ODI Batter Ranking). Darrell Mitchell tops the list. He has 815 rating points. Gill, who is in second place, has 791 rating points. Virat Kohli is third and fourth Rohit Sharma. Jasprit Bumrah and Myatt Henry are jointly at the top of the list of bowlers in Tests. Joe Root tops the list of batsmen.

Progressing up the rankings ahead of the upcoming England ODI series will undoubtedly boost Gill’s confidence. Innings of 84 and 154 runs came from Gill’s bat in the first two ODIs against Afghanistan respectively. However, the right-handed batsman did not play in the third ODI match. Wicket keeper batsman Ishan Kishan has moved up 21 places to number 43 in the batsmen’s list. Besides Shreyas Iyer KL Rahul is at number 11 in the list at number 14. Did not play in ODI series against Afghanistan. So Virat’s rating points have decreased.

Dal Badal Panth, by Kuldeep
A major reshuffle took place ahead of the upcoming IPL season. Rishabh Pant returned to Delhi Capitals through trade. And instead Kuldeep Yadav joined his hometown franchise Lucknow Super Giants. Rishabh Pant won the IPL from 2016 to 2024, nine years in Delhi Capitals jersey. For Delhi Capitals, Pant played the most matches for the franchise on the IPL stage, totaling 111 matches. He also captained 43 matches for the capital franchise in four seasons. However, he was released by Delhi Capitals after the 2024 season through a mutual understanding. Delhi Capitals, however, bid for Pant in 2025 as well. But finally Lucknow Super Giants took Panth to the team for a record 27 crore rupees. He could not bring much success to the team in two seasons in Lucknow. Lucknow did not reach the playoffs even in one season under his leadership. IPL Even before the end of the season, there were whispers of him leaving the team. Finally that whisper turned into reality. However, Panth returned to his former team for Tk 15 crore, much less than Tk 27 crore.