Five batsmen who can claim No.1 ODI ranking from Virat Kohli

3. Babar Azam

Touted as the future of Pakistani batting lineup, Babar Azam has a huge role to play in the coming few months. Although there were many comparisons drawn between him and Virat Kohli in the past, he ruled all of them out terming the Indian skipper as a “Legend” and an “Incomparable” cricketer.

Having said that, the comparisons would never stop and so would his quest to rise up in the batsman’s rankings. One of the few technically solid batsmen Pakistan has at this point in time, the 23-year-old briefly held the second position in the rankings before slipping to sixth (current position). But considering his metronomic rise in the last couple of years, there’s no one denying his chances of joining the elite names sooner rather than later.