India, March 12 -- India captain Rohit Sharma jumped over teammate Virat Kohli and South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen to rise to the third spot in the ICC ODI rankings for batters, released Wednesday. Rohit, who was in the fifth spot, jumped two places to climb to the third spot on the back of his Player of the Match performance in the ICC Champions Trophy final against New Zealand. Rohit scored an impactful 76 off 83 balls while opening the batting. It was mainly due to his strokeplay in the powerplay that India got a headstart in the 252-run chase.

Rohit currently has 756 rating points, 14 less than Babar Azam, who held on to the second spot despite Pakistan's poor show in the Champions Trophy. Shubman Gill continued to top the charts wit...