New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- A red-hot Daryl Mitchell outclassed Indian batting icon Virat Kohli to regain his number 1 ranking in the ICC ODI Rankings issued on Wednesday, just a week after 'King Kohli' had taken back his crown for the first time since 2021.

On the back of some impressive batting performances spanning from the Australia tour to the New Zealand ODIs at home put Virat at the top after over four years, but Mitchell, who registered back-to-back centuries to seal Kiwis' first-ever ODI series win in India and became the 'Player of the Series' with 352 runs in three matches, removed Virat from the top of the charts with two centuries he would cherish for a lifetime.

Virat was the second-highest run-getter in the series, with 240 run...