Fake Image of ICC ODI Rankings Without Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli Viral as Real

Social media users claimed that Kohli and Sharma's names were removed from the ODI rankings chart.

Fact-Check: This image is not real and does not show the Men's ICC ODI rankings. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

An image showing player rankings for the Men's International Cricket Council (ICC) One Day International (ODI) has gone viral on social media.

• In the image, the names of Indian cricketers such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are not listed, despite their accolades.

• Those sharing the image claimed that Sharma and Kohli's names had been removed from the ranking chart.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• The image is fake. Sharma and Kohli stand at the second and fourth position, respectively as per ICC's website.

What we found: At first, we ran a Google reverse image on the viral image to check whether it had been reported by a trusted news outlet or if there was any official announcement by the ICC regarding the same.

• However, we did not find any credible reports to verify the claim.

• We, then, went onto the ICC website and checked the rankings.

• Team WebQoof found that Sharma was second and Kohli had ranked fourth in the charts for batting.

Here is the preview of the rankings table. 

(Source: ICC/Screenshot) 

• This was unlike the viral image where Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam was at the second spot and Sri Lankan cricketer Charith Asalanka was at the fourth spot.

• Additionally, both Sharma and Kohli have retired from other forms of cricket and remain active in the ODI.

Conclusion: A fake image has gone viral to falsely claim that it shows Sharma and Kohli not in the ICC ODI rankings chart.

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