Babar Azam dethrones Virat Kohli as top ODI batsman

He now leads the Indian captain by eight points, the ICC said in a statement. Babar, a star of the Under-19 World Cups in 2010 and 2012 and who has been playing ODIs since 2015, had started the series against South Africa at 837 rating points but moved up to 858 (ahead of Kohli) after his score of 103 in the first match.