Highlights He dethroned Virat Kohli, who held the spot for 1258 days Babar Azam was in fine form in Pakistan's ODI series against South Africa India captain Virat Kohli's long reign at the top of the ICC rankings for batsmen was on Wednesday brought to an end by his Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam, who became only the fourth from his country to attain the position. The 26-year-old right-hander's player of the match effort of an 82-ball 94 in the last game of the series against South Africa in Centurion helped him gain 13 rating points to reach 865 points. He now leads the Indian captain by eight points, the ICC said in a statement.