ICC ODI rankings: Rohit Sharma moves to No. 2, Kohli stays No.1
New Delhi : Rohit Sharma, after leading India to a record seventh Asia Cup title in the absence of Virat Kohli, moved up two places to equal his career-best second spot to make it a 1-2 for India in ICC ODI rankings for batsmen.
Rohit Sharma, who scored 317 runs, second to only his teammate Shikhar Dhawan, in the Asia Cup had climbed up to the second spot for the first time earlier this year in July.
Rohit Sharma scored 48 off 55 deliveries in the Asia Cup final as India beat Bangladesh by three wickets in a last ball-thriller.
India's regular captain Virat Kohli continues to be the top-ranked ODI batsman with 884 points while Rohit was second with 842 rating points.
Rohit's opening partner Dhawan also moved up four slots to attain the fifth rank after ending up as the highest run-getter in the Asia Cup in UAE with 342 runs.
Dhawan and Rohit were even given a rest in India's final Super Four match against Afghanistan but still ended up as the top two run scorers in the tournament, primarily at the back of a record 210-run partnership in the Super Four match against Pakistan, where Rohit slammed an unbeaten 111 while Dhawan blasted 114 runs.
Apart from Rohit and Dhawan, spinner Kuldeep Yadav gained three places to reach his career-best third place after he finished as the joint-highest wicket taker in the Asia Cup.
Kuldeep, with 10 wickets, shared the honours with Bangladesh quick Mustafizur Rahman and Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan.
Rashid displaced former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan to become the top-ranked all-rounders in ODIs while he continued to be second to Jasprit Bumrah in the ODI rankings for bowlers. He has become the first from Afghanistan and 32nd overall to reach top position in the all rounders' with a jump of six places.
courtesy : indiatoday.in
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Goa nightclub fire: Owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra fled to Phuket after tragedy, say police
Panaji (PTI): Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused and owners of the Goa nightclub where a massive blaze claimed 25 lives, fled to Phuket hours after the tragedy, Goa Police said on Monday.
"Goa Police have taken further steps to coordinate with the Interpol Division of the CBI to apprehend both Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra at the earliest," a senior police officer said.
A massive fire at the nightclub, some 25 kilometres away from Panaji, on late Saturday night killed 25 persons. The deceased comprised 20 employees of the nightclub and five tourists, including four from Delhi. Five injured people were undergoing treatment at the government-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
After registering an FIR against them, a Look Out Circular was issued against them by December 7 by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) at the request of the Goa Police.
The Bureau of Immigration at Mumbai was contacted, and it was found that both the accused had taken the 6E 1073 flight to Phuket at 5.30 am on December 7, immediately after the fire incident, which occurred around midnight, the officer said.
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He said the Goa Police had immediately dispatched a team to Delhi to conduct raids on the addresses of the accused Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra.
"Since they were not available, a notice under the appropriate sections of law was pasted on the gate of their house. This shows their intent to avoid the police investigation", he said.
Goa Police have obtained transit remand of Bharat Kohli, an employee of the club, and are bringing him to Goa.
He also said that the postmortem on all 25 deceased has been completed and bodies handed over to their families.
