India, July 23 -- Even though India lost the three-ODI series against England last week, the team's top-order batsmen - Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli - had good outings, strengthening their positions in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen on Wednesday.

Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand continues to sit atop the rankings with 802 rating points, but the scores of 80 (retired hurt), 31 and 77 at Edgbaston, Cardiff and Lord's respectively have now brought Gill within one rating point of joining the Kiwi. Kohli, who also got two fifties in three games, now finds himself at 767 rating points. Sharma, who boosted his career not a little at Lord's with 138 , is at 758 rating points.

Despite the fact that in the top four there are three In...