Rohit Sharma, 38, becomes the oldest ever ICC No. 1 ODI batter, breaks Sachin’s world record

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Mumbai, Oct 29, 2025: Former India captain Rohit Sharma entered his name in the history books on Wednesday (October 29) by becoming the oldest Indian cricketer to become the world’s No. 1 ODI batter. The 38-year-and-182-day-old cricketer from Mumbai jumped two places on Wednesday to take the No. 1 position in the ICC ODI batter’s rankings for the first time in his career. Rohit replaced India’s captain, Shuman Gill, to take the top position.

Rohit, who had 745 rating points to his credit last week, scored 73 runs from 97 balls in the second India-Australia ODI at Adelaide Oval on October 23 and remained unbeaten on 121 runs from 125 balls in the third match played at Sydney Cricket Ground on October 25. The two big shows with the bat by Rohit helped him gain valuable rating points (781 now).

Rohit, who led India to the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup, is the fifth Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Gill to become the world’s No. 1 ODI batter.

✅ Highest individual ODI score: 𝟚𝟞𝟜
✅ Most tons in ODI World Cups: 𝟟*
✅ Most ODI double tons: 𝟛*
✅ Most ODI sixes for India: 𝟛𝟜𝟡*
✅ ODI runs: 𝟙𝟙𝟛𝟟𝟘*
✅ ODI tons: 𝟛𝟛*

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✅ ℕ𝕠. 𝟙 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕆𝔻𝕀 𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 pic.twitter.com/1ESfK8XyQf

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 29, 2025

Gill has been dropped from 1st to third position now. In the three ODIs against Australia, he was only able to score 10, 9 and 24 runs.

Batting superstar Virat Kohli scored 74 runs in the third ODI, but despite that, he has dropped one place. He is in sixth position now with 725 rating points.

Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century for India in the second ODI played at Adelaide Oval, and he is up by one place (9th from 10th).

In the ICC ODI bowler’s rankings, Josh Hazlewood jumped two places to take the 8th position, but India’s Kuldeep Yadav has been dropped from 6th to 7th position.

Spinner Adam Zampa picked up four wickets in the second India-Australia ODI, and he is also up by two places (12th now), whereas New Zealand’s white-ball captain Mitchell Santner has jumped three places to take fourth position in the ICC ODI bowler’s rankings.

Courtesy: News18